Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) known as on Israel over the weekend to “de-escalate” an unprovoked assault by Iran-backed Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah that killed 12 kids inside Israel.
Schumer made the feedback in a Sunday interview on CBS Information’ “Face the Nation” whereas speaking in regards to the strikes that started on the bottom in Lebanon.
“We all know that Iran, by way of its surrogates, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, is admittedly the actual evil on this space,” Schumer stated. “And Israel has the fitting to defend itself in opposition to Hezbollah, simply because it does in opposition to Hamas. It is sort of – it reveals you the way unhealthy Iran and its surrogates are. They shot the Arab kids out. They do not care – they despatched missiles. They usually do not even care who they’re.”
“However having stated that, I do not suppose anybody desires an all-out battle,” he added. “So I hope there are steps to de-escalate.”
Schumer stated he refused to shake Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hand whereas within the US final week as a result of he had “severe disagreements” with Israel’s battle in opposition to the genocidal Hamas terrorists who carried out the unprecedented assault on October 7 final yr.
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In response to rocket assaults on a soccer area within the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, the Senate Majority Chief @senshumer stated, “Israel has the fitting to defend itself in opposition to Hezbollah as they do… pic.twitter.com/ddRDGH3CBr
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