Schumer calls for new elections in Israel: ‘Netanyahu has lost his way’

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called for the Israeli government to hold new elections, claiming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way,” as the country risks becoming an international “pariah” over the war in Gaza on Thursday.

“Netanyahu has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel,” Schumer said in a speech on the Senate floor Thursday.

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