Reuters reports:
President Joe Biden said on Friday that U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer echoed the concerns of many Americans when he called for new elections in Israel and harshly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an obstacle to peace.
“He made a good speech,” Biden said in the White House’s Oval Office, when asked by reporters about remarks by Schumer, the Senate majority leader, on the chamber’s floor on Thursday.
“He expressed a serious concern, shared not only by him but by many Americans,” Biden said, adding that Schumer notified him and his staff in advance about the speech.
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“He made a good speech and I think he expressed a serious concern shared not only by him but by many Americans.”
Biden addresses the comments made by Senator Chuck Schumer yesterday, where he called elections in Israel.https://t.co/QJ4I2KcqD4
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