“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.”
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