Amid vocal pressure from liberal protesters, activists and others in the party, top elected Democrats have adopted an increasingly hostile tone toward the Israeli government.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer , shown earlier this month, says “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah.” issued his sharpest rebuke yet of Israel’s military response in Gaza, calling it “over the top.” Early this month, Vice President Harris called for an” for at least six weeks. Then, on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer went even further, calling for a new election in Israel, which heWhen the war began after Hamas’s deadly Oct.
Increasingly, Democrats have said Israel has gone too far as the war has stretched on for months, killing around 30,000 Palestinians, including women and children, and displacing nearly 2 million people who do not have access to food, water and medicine. Schumer’s sharp rebuke of Netanyahu on the Senate floor Thursday is the latest criticism of Israel from a high-ranking Democrat.
On Oct. 7, Schumer said he’d do “all I can to deliver everything Israel requires in this time of urgent need” and that friends of Israel “must stand strongly by her.” In a January statement, he urged Israel to “intensify its efforts to protect innocent Palestinian lives, and to maximize the entry and delivery of desperately needed humanitarian assistance.”In recent weeks, Biden has toughened his criticism of Israel and Netanyahu.
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