“It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership,” Netanyahu said of Sen. Chuck Schumer's critical comments.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations Headquarters on September 20, 2023, in New York City. “What he said is totally inappropriate. It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there,” the Israeli prime minister said in an interview on CNN’sSchumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S. and a longtime ally to Israel, called Netanyahu an “obstacle to peace.
Bash questioned Netanyahu about Israel’s throttle on humanitarian aid and tried to get the prime minister to commit to a significant increase in the amount of aid allowed into Gaza. “Organizations call what they are,” she said. “So why won’t you allow more food trucks to drive through the border crossings in to Gaza to feed starving civilians while you continue to take out the terrorists in Hamas?”“Well, our policy is to do exactly that,” Netanyahu said.
In the Sunday interview, Netanyahu repeated his desire to invade Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where more than a million Palestinians have sought refuge from fighting in the north. Biden” and urged Israel not to invade, but Netanyahu has held firm. “We’ll go there. We’re not going to leave,” he said last week.
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