This week, US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides - under direction from the Biden Administration, decided to weigh in on Israel's proposed judicial reform. In a patronizing manner, Nides said "We're telling the prime minister [Netanyahu] - as I tell my kids - pump the brakes..." Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli told Nides to "mind his own business." On this week's Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten says that Nides' patronizing remarks against Israel's government are unacceptable. While the US and Israel are great allies, Israel is not a banana republic which needs a scolding, as if we are the ambassador's children.
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