During his speech at the Senate Republican political luncheon on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply criticized Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's comments calling for elections to form a new government in Israel.
“Clearly, the prime minister was not happy with Senator Schumer's speech. He also was not happy with President (Joe) Biden's praise of Senator Schumer's speech. But I think the prime minister understands the politics of it all,” the prime minister said. Republican senator from Louisiana. “John Kennedy said later.
“We made it clear to the prime minister that, in our judgment, the American people overwhelmingly support Israel's war,” Kennedy said. “And he made it clear that he intends to pursue the war against Hamas to the fullest extent of his power.”
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said Netanyahu was not critical of Biden.
“He said he was grateful for the support he received from President Biden and hopes that support continues,” Cruz said.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Netanyahu was “candid” and “thorough” and said the Israeli leader gave a “fairly detailed update” on the war, answering questions about the continuation of the war and explaining what the needs of Israel. From United States.
Hawley said Netanyahu was “well aware” of concerns about civilian deaths and “spoke about it at some length” and was “alert to the sensitive” about that issue, including discussing the estimated number of Palestinian deaths.
“I wanted to project that the end is in sight,” Hawley said. “By far most of this war is over.”
Netanyahu told senators that he does not foresee U.S. troops being directly involved in combat.
More on Schumer's speech: Schumer rejected Republican criticism of his speech on Israel, in which he called for the US ally to hold new elections.
“I gave this speech out of true love for Israel. And if you read the speech, we only asked for elections after the hostilities, but we rejected them after the defeat of Hamas,” he told CNN's Manu Raju, when asked about GOP critics who said his comments amounted to foreign election interference, and that there should be no daylight between the United States and an ally when they are at war.
