By Workers World\C.J. Atkins
Photos: YouTube Screenshots
Hamas will win if Israel holds elections. That’s essentially the claim made by Benjamin Netanyahu this weekend as he hit back at U.S. political leaders pressuring him to send his country to the polls.
Forced to respond to the explosive growth of a mass ceasefire movement in the U.S., many Democratic Party politicians have stepped up their expressions of “frustration” with Netanyahu’s government and its execution of the brutal war against Gaza.
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer—the highest-ranking Jewish politician in the U.S., a longtime supporter of the State of Israel, and staunch backer of the government there following the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7—directly called for new elections in Israel.
He declared that Netanyahu had “lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel” and now constitutes an “obstacle to peace” in the Middle East.
Repeating critiques commonly heard from activists in the ceasefire movement, especially those affiliated with Jewish Voice for Peace, Schumer said that Netanyahu is part of a “radical right-wing” coalition that stands in the way of peace negotiations and a two-state solution. He said the Israeli leader “has been too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in Gaza”—now over 31,000….READ MORE
