Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, calls for new elections in Israel. "The Israeli people are being suffocated by the vision of a government stuck in the past," the Democratic senator told Congress about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's management of the war against Hamas.
Schumer indicated that he supports a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as President Joe Biden has been pushing for, adding that it would “allow for the return of hostages and humanitarian relief for suffering Palestinians”