In a speech on the Senate floor, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for new elections in Israel and said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was an obstacle to peace.
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Sunday that US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's speech in which he urged new elections in Israel was "totally inappropriate."In a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Schumer, a longtime supporter of Israel and the highest-ranking Jewish US elected official, called for new elections in Israel and said Netanyahu was an obstacle to peace."I think what he said is totally inappropriate.
In Israel, Netanyahu dismissed international pressure on Sunday and said Israel's military would push into Rafah, the last relatively safe place in the tiny, crowded Gaza enclave after more than five months of war.Israel's allies have repeatedly urged Netanyahu not to attack Rafah, where more than a million displaced people from other parts of the devastated enclave have sought shelter, without a plan to protect civilians.