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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Fraught US-Israel Ties on Display as Knesset Reconvenes

US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy speaks during his visit to the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, Monday, May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli lawmakers reconvene Monday after a month-long parliament recess, resuming the fight over a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary that has split Israelis and drawn concern from Israel's most important ally, the United States.

The tensions will be on full display when the highest-ranking Republican politician in the US, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, addresses the Knesset later Monday.

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