‘Disgusted’ Israeli officials blast Schumer’s ‘unhelpful’ calls for new elections

Published March 14, 2024 1:25pm ET



Multiple officials condemned Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) call for new Israeli elections and his claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way.”

Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S. government, provided advanced notice to the White House ahead of his scathing Thursday morning speech on the Senate floor, according to White House national security communications adviser John Kirby.

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