Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is defending his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pointing to his Jewish identity and detailing the precarious situation Israel finds itself in.
In a speech on the Senate floor last week, Schumer, the United States’s highest-ranking Jewish official, called for Israel to conduct new elections and said Netanyahu has “lost his way.”
In an interview with the New York Times, the Democratic leader said the goal of his speech “was to say you can still love Israel and feel strongly about Israel and totally disagree with Bibi Netanyahu and the policies of Israel.”
He said his Jewish faith motivated him to stand up for Jews and Israel and speak out against the prime minister, who he believes risks Israel’s global reputation.
“I said to myself, ‘This may hurt
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