Biden said Schumer made a 'good speech', adding that the senior Democrat expressed the concerns of many Americans
The US president, Joe Biden, said the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer's concerns about Israel were shared by many Americans. Biden said: 'I'm not going to elaborate on his speech, he made a good speech and I think he expressed a serious concern shared not only by him but by many Americans.'
Biden made the remarks during a bilateral meeting with the Irish taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, after Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the US, said the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was an obstacle to peace. Israel's president and Netanyahu's Likud party criticised Schumer's comments and a state department spokesperson distanced the Biden administration from them
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