Israel’s 'future could well be over' without US support, Schumer says in defense of his controversial speech

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is defending his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pointing to his Jewish identity and detailing the precarious situation Israel finds itself in.

In a speech on the Senate floor last week, Schumer, the United States’s highest-ranking Jewish official, called for Israel to conduct new elections and said Netanyahu has “lost his way.”