Aaron David Miller writes that in his 27 years of working with both Republican and Democratic administrations working on Arab-Israeli issues he had never heard anyone give a speech like Sen. Chuck Schumer’s last Thursday on the Senate floor.
In my 27 years of working for Republican and Democratic administrations on Arab-Israeli issues and watching Congress in the process, no pro-Israeli politician, let alone a Senate majority leader, ever gave a speech like Chuck Schumer did last Thursday on the Senate floor. For a guy who opened his remarks by noting, as he often does, that his last name derives from the Hebrew root for “guardian” that’s his mission when it comes to Israel, it was something of an epiphany.
Until now he’s pursued a sort of passive aggressive policy toward Israel – tough words but no effort to actually impose costs or consequences. The president needs to deescalate the situation in Gaza both by getting Israel and Hamas to agree to a hostage for prisoner release, plus a ceasefire and to surge humanitarian assistance into Gaza. He needs Netanyahu’s agreement to do both.
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