Prime Minister Netanyahu Has ‘Misplaced His Means,’ Schumer says

I rise to talk as we speak about about what I imagine can and needs to be the trail ahead to safe mutual peace and lasting prosperity for Israelis and Palestinians. The fourth main impediment to peace is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I’ve identified Prime Minister Netanyahu for a really very long time. Whereas we’ve got vehemently disagreed on many events, I’ll at all times respect his extraordinary bravery for Israel on the battlefield as a youthful man. I imagine in his coronary heart he has his highest precedence is, as is the safety of Israel. Nonetheless, I additionally imagine Prime Minister Netanyahu has misplaced his means by permitting his political survival to take the priority over the perfect pursuits of Israel. He has put himself in coalition with far proper, far-right extremists like Minister Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. And in consequence, he has been too prepared to tolerate the civilian toll in Gaza, which is pushing assist for Israel worldwide to historic lows. Israel can’t survive if it turns into a pariah. As a lifelong supporter of Israel, it has turn out to be clear to me. The Netanyahu coalition not suits the wants of Israel after Oct. 7. The world has modified radically since then, and the Israeli individuals are being stifled proper now by a governing imaginative and prescient that’s caught previously.