Mayor Eric Adams of New York City is visiting Israel this week, where he is seeking to strengthen ties with the country in a particularly divisive political moment
New York City Mayor Eric Adams visited Jerusalem holy sites and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, continuing a three-day official trip to Israel at one of the most tumultuous times in the country’s 75-year history.
Adams’ three-day trip comes as Israel is deeply polarized over the Netanyahu government’s proposed changes to Israel’s judiciary, a plan that has triggered months of mass protests. Critics say the plan, which seeks to weaken “The people of Israel will make the determination on how they want to move forward,” said Adams, “I have lots of challenges in my city, and I wouldn’t want someone to come in and interfere with how I’m running things.”
The mayor’s team said Adams met with leaders of the protest movement, but that meeting was closed to the media and his office did not specify with whom he met. Meeting with the mayor, Netanyahu called Adams a “great friend to Israel.” The Prime Minister’s Office said they discussed collaboration between New York and Israel in technology and tourism.
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