GOP Jewish group accuses Schumer of ‘knifing’ Israel after he calls for PM’s ouster

“As Israel continues to righteously fight to defend itself from barbaric terrorists, the most powerful Democrat in Congress knifed the Jewish state in the back,” the Republican Jewish Coalition says in a statement responding to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s speech on Capitol Hill in which he called for elections in Israel to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

RJC says Schumer “took a page from the 2015 Obama playbook… delivered a speech in which he demanded that Israel’s democratically-elected government be evicted from power and replaced by one more to his liking.”

“Senator Schumer crossed a real red line. It is outrageous and unacceptable to meddle in Israel’s domestic politics by demanding that a democratic ally hold elections on our timetable, particularly when the Jewish state is fighting for its very survival.”

“Senator Schumer has frequently described himself as the so-called ‘Shomer,’ or guardian, of the Jewish people – let there be no doubt that his remarks today were a ‘Shanda,’ a disgrace.”