While speaking to CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned fire following Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for new elections in Israel and declared, “If Senator Schumer opposes [Israeli] policies, he’s not opposing me. He’s opposing the Israeli people.”
Schumer set off a firestorm Thursday when he broke ranks with Netanyahu and labeled him an “obstacle to peace.” Schumer has long been the country’s strongest advocate in the United States.
“I think what he said is totally inappropriate,” Netanyahu told Bash. “It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there.
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