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White House blasts Israel for passing sweeping judicial changes with 'the slimmest possible majority'
The Netanyahu-backed reforms that would greatly rein in the nation's Supreme Court passed after a three-month pause failed to yield a compromise.
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The White House on Monday condemned Israel parliament for passing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's preferred sweeping judicial reforms that sparked protests throughout the country, a further sign of how President Joe Biden is trying to exert his own influence from afar.
"It is unfortunate that the vote today took place with the slimmest possible majority," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
But a majority nonetheless, hence democracy