Benjamin Netanyahu
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “I welcome the opportunity for the prime minister of Israel to speak to Congress in a bipartisan way.”
The Biden administration received the written guarantees ahead of Sunday’s deadline, according to a U.S. official.
“Maybe I should say Bibi should step down,” the Senate majority leader told the New York Times. “That is telling Israel what to do, and it’s in the middle of a war.”
“When you make these issues partisan, you hurt the cause of Israel,” Sen. Chuck Schumer said of Netanyahu’s address to Senate Republicans. “I gave this speech out of a real love for Israel.”
“We always did what was necessary for our safety, and we will do so this time as well,” the premier said in an address to Israeli citizens.
During a telephone conversation between the two leaders, Netanyahu reportedly aired grievances about Democratic Sen. Schumer’s call for early Israeli elections.
“Do not repeat the mistake that preceded Oct. 7,” Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat urged in response.
The PM also said the IDF must control the Gaza-Egypt border and that work is being done on an Israeli-controlled crossing to replace the one from Sinai.
But the latter’s people claim he will be involved in decisions going forward.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee also claimed that “any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion.”
The White House national security advisor said that Israel agreed on Monday to send a “senior interagency team” to Washington to review a potential operation in Rafah.
Contrary to the picture being presented in America, the vast majority of the Israeli public is behind the government’s war goals, said the prime minister.
