WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden expressed support Friday for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after the senator called for new elections in Israel, the latest sign that the U.S. relationship with its closest Middle East ally is careening toward fracture over the war in Gaza.
Schumer, a Jewish Democrat from New York, sent tremors through both countries this week when he said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” and warned that “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah” as Palestinian casualties continue to grow.
“He made a good speech,” Biden said in the Oval Office during a meeting with Ireland’s prime minister. “I think he expressed serious concerns shared not only by him but by many Americans.”
And I’m sure you’ll be cheerleading all along
I’m not cheering at all.
I find it disgusting, especially some of the rhetoric coming out of Israel, and it’s for that reason that Netanyahu needs to be defeated at the ballot box as soon as possible, And even though Chuck Schumer just said it yesterday and Biden today, I’ve been on here saying it for months. ✅