The decision by judicial reform opponents to invite, indeed to plead for, U.S. intervention in this complex and fateful internal contest damages Israeli sovereignty and self-government.
Author - Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and chairman of the Tikvah Fund. He served as a deputy national security advisor to President George W. Bush from 2005-2009, among other senior US government positions.