Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin accused the US administration of cooperating with the ongoing protest movement. Levin takes a hard line that judicial amendment bills that have sparked a wave of protests in Israel over the past four months must be passed.
The opposition considers it a coup against democracy, as it limits the powers of the Supreme Court, the highest judicial authority in the country. Similar accusations were made by the son of the Israeli prime minister in April, but the State Department said that "these accusations are completely false"