from Daily Sabah
The leader of the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, called for new elections to be held in Israel, in the harshest criticism yet by a senior U.S. official of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration's actions in Gaza, which is globally criticized for amounting to genocide.
Schumer, the highest-ranking elected Jewish American in history, came amid increased pressure from President Joe Biden over the mounting death toll in Gaza due to Israel's attacks.
"As a democracy, Israel has the right to choose its own leaders, and we should let the chips fall where they may. But the important thing is that Israelis are given a choice," said Schumer, the head of the chamber's Democratic majority, without suggesting a timeline for a vote.
"There needs to be a fresh debate about the future of Israel after Oct. 7."
Schumer said Netanyahu was one of four "major obstacles" to a two-state solution and peace, alongside Hamas and its Palestinian supporters, radical right-wing Israelis and the Palestinian Authority's leader Mahmoud Abbas...
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