Sen. Chuck Schumer turns on Netanyahu, demands Israel vote in new prime minister to stop Gaza genocide
In a statement that has shocked the world, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a Jewish man, has declared that the time of Benjamin Netanyahu’s reign as prime minister of Israel is over.
Upset over his mishandling of the war on Gaza, Schumer said that Netanyahu “has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take the precedence over the best interests of Israel.”
“The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after October 7th,” Schumer continued – watch the video below:
SCHUMER ABANDONS ISRAEL: “Prime Minister Netanyahu has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take the precedence over the best interests of Israel…The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after October 7th.”pic.twitter.com/aNVJCcbTUf
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What Schumer wants to see happen is for there to be a new vote in Israel to oust Netanyahu from his post.
The highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, Schumer claims that the world changed “radically” since October 7th, and that the Israel people at large are “being stifled right now by a governing vision that is stuck in the past.”
Accusing Netanyahu of aligning himself with “far-right extremists” like Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu is “pushing support for Israel worldwide to historic lows,” Schumer warned.
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In many ways, Schumer is right. The world, regardless of political affiliation, is witnessing the genocide take place in Gaza and asking themselves why anyone should support this kind of Israel? Schumer has long been critical of Netanyahu and his Zionist vision and wants to see Israel return to a different kind of politics.
After being briefly replaced by a center-left coalition, Netanyahu, who has served in Israel’s government for many years, made a major comeback in November 2022 when he and his right-wing coalition were elected with one of the largest majorities in recent history for the Jewish state.
Ever since Netanyahu publicly decried President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, Democrats have opposed him. Obama, in case you somehow missed the Iran deal, gave billions of dollars to the Iranian regime in a highly contested wealth transfer.
For many decades, the U.S. has sent money and weapons to Israel while nobody batted an eye, but once Obama did the same for Iran, all bets were off. Since that time, the political left has been at odds with the political right in the U.S. over how to deal with the Middle East in general.
Another reason Democrats do not like Netanyahu is because of his opposition to President Biden’s proposal to establish a Palestinian state to end the current conflict. Netanyahu is also opposed to Biden’s warnings against attacking Rafah, as well as Biden’s comments that Netanyahu needs a “come to Jesus” moment to stop committing genocide.
After Netanyahu was elected in November 2022, Biden refused to meet with him. Since that time, Biden has softened his stance towards Netanyahu as Biden learned that he might be able to claim a rare foreign policy achievement in the form of a Saudi-Israeli peace deal.
After visiting Israel last October following the Hamas false flag attack, Biden has remained publicly critical of Netanyahu, stating in much the same manner as Schumer that the prime minister is “hurting” Israel more than he is “helping” Israel.
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