CNN notes that Schumer is “the highest-ranking elected official of Jewish descent in America.”
According to the senator, the world has changed radically since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and now the Israeli people are “suffocating” from the policies of a leadership that is “stuck in the past.”
Israel's ruling Likud party responded to Schumer's remarks by declaring that "Israel is not a banana republic, but an independent and proud democracy."
Authorities also hope that the US congressman "will respect the elected government of Israel, and not undermine it."
As Benjamin Netanyahu previously said, Israel will conduct an operation in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip to defeat the Hamas movement, but will allow civilians to leave dangerous areas.
According to Politico, US President Joe Biden may consider limiting military aid to Israel if it expands the ground operation in the Gaza Strip to the city of Rafah in the south of the enclave.