Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (New York) calls on Israel to elect a new prime minister to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move toward lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians through a two-state solution. Ta.
Schumer said on the Senate floor Thursday in what he called a major speech on the two-state solution that Netanyahu is one of four obstacles to the solution.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D.N.Y.) speaks during a press conference after the Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
The majority leader said he believed “Prime Minister Netanyahu has lost his way by putting his own political survival ahead of Israel’s best interests.”
Mr. Schumer and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “Palestinians and radical right-wing Israelis in government and society who support and condone Hamas and its evil ways; [and] Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas” is another obstacle.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the Kirya military base, home to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on December 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
Schumer, who is Jewish, said Israeli elections are “the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about Israel’s future.” He added that he believes the majority of Israelis also recognize the need for government change.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.Y.), right, with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (DR.I.) speaking to reporters after a closed policy meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in Washington, DC. .)). (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
In his rationale for calling an election to potentially replace Prime Minister Netanyahu, Schumer explained: “He is allied with far-right extremists like Minister Smotrich and Minister Ben Gvir, and is all too willing to tolerate civilian casualties as a result.” Support for Israel around the world in Gaza is at historic lows. It has been pushed up to. ”
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Schumer stressed that Israel cannot overcome such a negative public image. “If Israel becomes a pariah, he cannot survive,” he said.
Israel is preparing to open a US embassy in Jerusalem. (AP)
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Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected the two-state idea in January, insisting, “We will not compromise on Israel’s complete security control over all territory west of Jordan. This is contrary to the Palestinian state.”
The Palestinian Authority also reiterated its desire for territory in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, with Jerusalem as its capital.
