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Some longtime establishment voices have begun calling to end U.S. military aid to Israel, but they are not necessarily standing in solidarity with Palestinians.

Israel’s Knesset, or parliament, has passed the first law to scale back judicial independence, in line with the ambitions of Benjamin Netanyahu.

In Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and His Cohorts’ Hollow, Weakened, Depleted, Semi-authoritarian Vision of Democracy, the Nation Is Not Indivisible, and Liberty and Justice Are Not Guaranteed to All. President Joe Biden Sees That, and That's Why He Is So Politically and Emotionally Invested in the Battle Against the Judicial Overhaul

The Israeli government’s defiance of American Jewish opinion in passing a law gutting judicial independence represents a huge crisis for American Zionists.

Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / GettyAmerica’s special relationship with Israel has, for the foreseeable future, come to an end.Many will deny this. Many will hope it is not so. But the damage that has been done cannot be easily undone. A relationship built on shared values cannot be easily restored once it is clear those values are no longer shared.For years, Israel made the case that it was America’s essential ally in the Middle East because it was the only state in th