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Israeli envoy pans Schumer for ‘counterproductively’ weighing in on Jerusalem’s domestic politics
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer arrives at the Capitol in Washington, February 8, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog criticizes US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after he said in a speech on the Senate floor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was unfit to lead and called for snap elections in Israel.
“Israel is a sovereign democracy. It is unhelpful — all the more so as Israel is at war against the genocidal terror organization Hamas — to comment on the domestic political scene of a democratic ally. It is counterproductive to our common goals,” Herzog says in a statement.
