CHUCK BLASTS BIBI: Majority Leader Says Israel's PM Has 'Lost His Way,' Calls for New Leadership

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had harsh words for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday; he says Bibi has “lost his way.”

Schumer is calling for new leadership in Israel as the war in the Middle East rages on.

From NEWSMAX:

Schumer, the first Jewish majority leader in the Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S., strongly criticized Netanyahu in a lengthy speech Thursday morning on the Senate floor. Schumer said the prime minister has put himself in a coalition of far-right extremists and “as a result, he has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in Gaza, which is pushing support for Israel worldwide to historic lows.”

“Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah,” Schumer will say.

The speech comes as an increasing number of Democrats have pushed back against Israel and as President Joe Biden has stepped up public pressure on Netanyahu’s government, warning that he needs to pay more attention to the civilian death toll in Gaza. The U.S. this month began airdrops of badly needed humanitarian aid and announced it will establish a temporary pier to get more assistance into Gaza via sea.

Schumer has so far positioned himself as a strong ally of the Israeli government, visiting the country just days after the brutal Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and giving a lengthy speech on the Senate floor in December decrying ”brazen and widespread antisemitism the likes of which we haven’t seen in generations in this country, if ever.”

But he said on the Senate floor Thursday that the ”Israeli people are being stifled right now by a governing vision that is stuck in the past.”

Watch the clip of Schumer on the Senate floor below:

As a lifelong supporter of Israel, it has become clear to me:

The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after October 7.

The world has changed radically since then, and the Israeli people are being stifled right now by a governing vision stuck in the past. pic.twitter.com/jvjm6o0JPA

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 14, 2024

Prominent GOP voices shot back, including Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) who stressed that Schumer does not stand with our ally Israel.

Watch the clip below:

Chuck Schumer does not stand with Israel. House Republicans do. pic.twitter.com/IiJvP9dswb

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) March 14, 2024