Pro-Israel Democrats back away from Schumer's call for new elections

Pro-Israel Democrats shied away from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) call for Israel to hold elections on Thursday.

Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, delivered his strongest condemnation to date of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. The Senate majority leader criticized Netanyahu’s alleged refusal to allow enough aid into Gaza and accused the Israeli leader of using the war to protect himself politically.