Chuck Schumer calls on Israel to hold new elections during Senate speech

The majority leader signaled his impatience with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in face of growing Gaza death toll

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The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, called on Israel to hold new elections, saying he believed the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had “lost his way” in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and a growing humanitarian crisis there.

Schumer, the first Jewish majority leader in the Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish official in the US, strongly criticized Netanyahu in a lengthy speech on Thursday morning on the Senate floor.