Pelosi calls on Netanyahu to resign, condemns him as 'obstacle' to peace

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arsenic an "obstacle" to bid and called connected him to resign this week.

Pelosi made the comments successful an interrogation recorded Monday with Irish broadcaster RTE's Six One News. She argued that Netanyahu's effect to the Oct. 7 violent onslaught by Hamas has been "terrible."

"We admit Israel's right to support itself. We cull the argumentation and the signifier of Netanyahu — terrible. What could beryllium worse than what helium has done successful response?" she said. "He should resign. He's yet responsible," she added.

"I don't cognize whether he's acrophobic of peace, incapable of peace, oregon conscionable doesn't privation peace. But helium has been an obstacle to the two-state solution," she added.

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arsenic an "obstacle" to bid and called connected him to resign this week. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Pelosi's connection comes much than a period aft Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for caller elections successful Israel, claiming Netanyahu's authorities nary longer represented the champion interests of the Israeli people.

In what was billed arsenic a large code connected a two-state solution, Schumer said connected the Senate level connected Thursday that Netanyahu was 1 of 4 obstacles to peace.

He argued that "Prime Minister Netanyahu has mislaid his mode by allowing his governmental endurance to instrumentality the precedence implicit the champion interests of Israel."

Pelosi's connection comes much than a period aft Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for caller elections successful Israel, claiming Netanyahu's authorities nary longer represented the champion interests of the Israeli people. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

According to Schumer, the highest ranking Jewish person successful the U.S., Israeli elections are "the lone mode to let for a steadfast and unfastened decision-making process astir the aboriginal of Israel." He added that helium believed a bulk of Israelis besides admit a request for alteration successful their government.

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Schumer's comments were met with a deluge of disapproval from Republicans and allies of Israel who argued the U.S. should not interfere successful the country's elections.

Sen. Chuck Schumer archetypal called Netanyahu an obstacle to a two-state solution. (REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo)

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Despite criticism from apical Democrats and immoderate Republicans, Congress approved a $26 cardinal subject assistance bundle for Israel this week. Both Schumer and Pelosi voted successful favour of the package, which besides grants enactment to Taiwan and Ukraine.