Schumer Urges Netanyahu Exit as Democrats’ Gaza Worries Grow
- Call for new leadership comes as civilian deaths mount
- Senate leader says there should be two-state solution
Chuck Schumer
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached his breaking point Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 159 days into the Israel-Hamas war.
Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the US, called for new Israeli elections and replacement of Netanyahu, an extraordinary public rebuke that reflects a wrenching reexamination of close bonds with Israel that the Gaza conflict has provoked among Democrats.