{"id":17088,"date":"2024-03-17T12:46:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T12:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/17\/schumers-anti-netanyahu-speech-strengthens-bibi-in-israels-war-to-defeat-hamas\/"},"modified":"2024-03-17T12:46:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T12:46:41","slug":"schumers-anti-netanyahu-speech-strengthens-bibi-in-israels-war-to-defeat-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/17\/schumers-anti-netanyahu-speech-strengthens-bibi-in-israels-war-to-defeat-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer\u2019s anti-Netanyahu speech strengthens Bibi in Israel\u2019s war to defeat Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JERUSALEM Having seen his lowest levels of support in months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s popularity has gotten a bounce in the polls, which some say is partly due to the Biden administration and Democrats\u2019 growing criticism against the Jewish state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Criticism grew this week from across the political spectrum after New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer\u2019s speech calling for new elections.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018As a lifelong supporter of Israel, it has become clear to me: The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after Oct. 7,\u2019 Schumer said Thursday on the floor of the Senate. \u2018The world has changed, radically, since then, and the Israeli people are being stifled right now by a governing vision that is stuck in the past.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s Channel 14 published a survey Wednesday, a day before Schumer\u2019s broadside against the Jewish state, noting the chance Netanyahu\u2019s conservative bloc could garner an additional six seats in the parliament after Minister-without-Portfolio Gideon Sa\u2019ar ended his partnership with Benny Gantz\u2019s National Unity Party.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Polling shows Netanyahu would secure 56 seats in the Israeli Knesset to form a new government. A bloc of parties needs 62 mandates.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mideast expert Caroline Glick told Fox News Digital this dynamic is playing out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Schumer spoke about Netanyahu, but Netanyahu is simply acting in accordance with the demands of the public. As a result, calls\u00a0from Schumer and the White House for Netanyahu\u2019s ouster only strengthen him politically,\u2019 Glick said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The law of unintended consequences also might help Netanyahu. The Israeli Prime Minister\u2019s support could solidify and he could gain new followers due to Schumer\u2019s efforts to dislodge a sitting head of state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New York senator is the highest-ranking Jewish politician in Congress. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Schumer\u2019s anti-Netanyahu speech sent shock waves throughout the Jewish state as it aims to root out the last vestiges of the Hamas terrorist organization in Rafah, Gaza, as part of its ongoing self-defense war.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2018Charles Schumer, like the Biden administration, fundamentally misunderstands the war, and, as a result, cannot understand Israel\u2019s behavior,\u2019 said Glick, \u202fa former adviser to Netanyahu. \u2018This is not a counterterror operation. This is a conventional war. Hamas did not carry out a terrorist attack on Oct. 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Hamas invaded Israel with the strength of a division. That division of terror soldiers seized villages, bases and kibbutzim as Hamas carried out a massive cyberattack against Israeli critical infrastructure and first response team and pummeled Israel with thousands of rockets.<\/p>\n

\u2018This is not a tactical battle. This is a strategic contest for survival. Either Israel survives or Hamas survives. Israelis overwhelmingly understand this, which is why 75% of Israelis demand the conquest of Rafah and oppose Palestinian statehood.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Israelis fired back at Schumer\u2019s call to oust Netanyahu.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Regardless of my opinion of Netanyahu and his fitness to serve, Senator Schumer\u2019s call for new Israeli elections is deeply disrespectful of our democracy and sovereignty,\u2019 Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. during the Netanyahu administration, wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Israel is an ally, not a vassal state. Along with the U.S., we\u2019re one of the few countries never to have known a second of non-democratic government, and the only democracy never to have known a moment of peace. We certainly deserve that respect.\u2019<\/p>\n

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On the streets of Jerusalem, Israelis had mixed views.\u00a0Seated outside with his family at the Aroma caf\u00e9 in the German Colony neighborhood, Dov Fox told Fox News Digital, \u2018I don\u2019t think foreign politicians should be dictating how foreign countries should vote.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

He recognized that Schumer \u2018has done a lot for Israel\u2019 but described his speech an \u2018overstepping of boundaries.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Due to the [Israel] special relationship with the United States, Chuck Schumer is a very central actor there,\u2019 Avi Kay told Fox News Digital. \u2018We need to pay attention to what is being said. Whether one agrees or disagrees with Chuck Schumer, I believe he has the best interests of Israel at heart.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kay, who used Netanyahu\u2019s nickname Bibi, taken from his full name Benjamin, said, \u2018Bibi is more interested in staying in power and that is not advantageous.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Netanyahu, Israel\u2019s longest-serving prime minister, is facing the ultimate test of his leadership after the Hamas massacre of 1,200 people Oct. 7. His legacy and his very political survival are on the line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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