Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister criticized the United States for increasing scrutiny of his leadership during the conflict with Hamas and labelled calls for a new election as wholly inappropriate.
In recent days, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the country and a strong Israel supporter, called on Israel to hold a new election, saying Netanyahu had lost his way.
President Joe Biden expressed support for Schumer’s good speech and earlier accused Netanyahu of hurting Israel because of the huge civilian death toll in Gaza.
According to the media reports, ‘Netanyahu said that Israel never will have called for a new U.S. election after the September 11 attacks in 2001, and denounced Schumer’s comments as inappropriate’.
‘We’re not a banana republic’, said Netanyahu. “The people of Israel will choose when they will have elections, and who they’ll elect, and it’s not something that will be foisted on us.”
When asked if he will commit to a new election after the war ends, Netanyahu said “I think that’s something for the Israeli public to decide.”
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