Chuck Shumer

Democrats say Netanyahu is the problem - but their opposition to Israel runs deeper - opinion

The Jewish state will remain after this prime minister. American leaders who spent the Netanyahu years treating him as the whole issue will then have to say what they actually support.

Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visits supporters in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 14, 2026
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks in Detroit after a radio appearance on Dr. Horace Sheffield's GOTV Community Rally on August 01, 2026.

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Admiral Kevin Lunday prepares to testify during his confirmation hearing to be the commandant of the US Coast Guard, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington, DC.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. first lady look at Gobble, one of two turkeys ceremonially pardoned for Thanksgiving, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 25, 2025.

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A threat to the pro-Israel consensus - opinion

"This may be an inflection point in US-Israel relations, a time when one of the last consensus issues in American politics succumbs to the era’s bitter divisions."

 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stands behind the rostrum as fellow Democratic senators speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2023.

Netanyahu: US politics behind critique of Israel, Gaza war

“The picture that has been presented in the last few days and weeks in the United States is completely different from what has been described,” Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden

Lindsey Graham says Schumer's Israel comments 'earth-shatteringly bad'

"Whether you like Bibi or not, it's not the question. The question is, is it appropriate for anybody in this body telling another country to take their government down?" Graham said

 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks to members of the press at Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump's South Carolina Republican presidential primary election night party in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. February 24, 2024.

Chuck Schumer at AIPAC: A Jew who lobbies for Israel is no less American

"You can be, all at once, completely Jewish, completely pro-Israel and completely American,” the Democratic leader stated.

Senator Chuck Schumer

Why is Kal Penn so angry?

Kal Penn is the sort of liberal whose main concern is feeling good about himself.

Kal Penn

Schumer was victim of fake sexual harassment claim

"I have contacted law enforcement to determine who is responsible," she said in a statement to Axios.

Senator Chuck Schumer

Iraqi army attacks Kurdish forces on road to Erbil

According to local reports the Kurdish forces near Altun Kupri tried to blow up a bridge to slow the Iraqi advance.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are seen yesterday in the Karez area west of Mosul, Iraq.

Senator Schumer: Macron 'absolutely right' in equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism

​Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer applauds French president for stance against antisemitism.

Senator Chuck Schumer