Netanyahu Won’t Commit to Elections, Says Schumer Criticism ‘Inappropriate’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not take kindly to Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) speech on the Senate floor last week where he called for Israel to hold elections once the current assault on Gaza winds down.
“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’s State of the Union that aired Sunday.
“That’s for the Israeli people to decide. I think it’s…