"Partisan Divide Deepens: Netanyahu's Influence on US Politics"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Senate Republicans via live video conference, criticizing Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer's call for a new election in Israel and highlighting the deepening partisan politics around U.S.-Israel policy. Republicans are seeking to demonstrate their unwavering support for Israel, while Democrats are expressing mounting criticism of Israel's war in Gaza. President Biden has urged Netanyahu not to launch a ground invasion of Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city, and has faced pressure from a faction of the Democratic base to cut off U.S. military aid to Israel. Netanyahu's handling of the war has led to exasperation among some Democrats, with eighteen Senate Democrats urging Biden to publicly set a "road map" for recognizing a Palestinian state.
- Republicans hug Netanyahu tighter as Democratic tensions with Israel war strategy boil The Washington Post
- Netanyahu Assails Schumer, Dramatizing Partisan Split Over Israel The New York Times
- Netanyahu tells Republicans Gaza war will continue, days after Schumer speech Reuters
- US speaker says House GOP weighing asking Netanyahu to address Congress The Times of Israel
- Opinion | Schumer Has Crossed a Red Line Over Israel The Wall Street Journal
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