Schumer, the Senate’s majority leader, recently said that the elected government led by Benjamin Netanyahu “no longer fits the needs of Israel.” He called the government “an obstacle to peace” with the Palestinians.
Schumer also demanded new elections and threatened that if Netanyahu doesn’t step down, the U.S. would take “a more active role in shaping Israeli policy by using our leverage to change the present course.”
Coleman writes, “Here is the highest ranking Jewish elected political leader in American history threatening to use U.S. financial and diplomatic leverage to pressure Israel to dump its democratically elected government and adopt policies favored by radical Democrats in Congress and in the White House.”
“It’s hard to believe that the smart Brooklyn boy I knew 60 years ago has so completely missed the mark,” writes Coleman.
As Israel faces a moment of crisis, Coleman believes it deserves America’s wholehearted support – not threats rooted in election year politics.
“Democrats in Washington are seeing their poll numbers dropping,” Coleman notes “and Schumer’s remarks make clear that they are increasingly willing to sacrifice our ally Israel to win votes in certain battleground states.”
“It is a ‘shanda,’ a disgrace, that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of Brooklyn, New York, is the one holding the knife.”
Read the op-ed at TheHill.com.
