WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Sunday (Mar 17) that US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's speech in which he urged new elections in Israel was "totally inappropriate."
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference following the weekly Senate caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, Mar 12, 2024. told CNN on Sunday that US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's speech in which he urged new elections in Israel was"totally inappropriate."
The speech reflected growing frustration in Washington with Netanyahu, his management of the war in Gaza and failure to do more to protect Palestinian civilians and allow more aid deliveries into the enclave. International criticism of US support for Israel has mounted due to the death toll and starvation crisis in Gaza.
"Hamas had a de facto Palestinian state in Gaza. And what did they use it for? To massacre Israelis and the worst savagery that was meted on Jews since the Holocaust," he said on Fox News. Schumer, in a statement released by his office in response to Netanyahu's CNN interview, said:"It's a good thing that a serious discussion has now begun about how to ensure Israel's future security and prosperity once Hamas has been defeated,"
Republican congressman Michael McCaul, who leads the House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee, criticized Schumer's Thursday speech on Netanyahu. Schumer raised the possibility of Washington using its leverage if Israel does not change course. Still, he did not go as far as suggesting a step some Democrats advocate: introducing legislation to make easing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza a condition for the US providing more weapons to Israel.
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