Google: Israel news: Netanyahu an obstacle to ceasefire, Schumer says [Video]

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Israel must make “significant course corrections” to achieve lasting peace with the Palestinians.

In a Senate speech he said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government “no longer fits the needs of Israel” after Oct. 7.

Democrat Schumer, long a strong supporter of Israel and the highest-ranking Jewish elected U.S. official, also said it would be a “grave mistake” for Israel to reject a two-state solution and urged negotiators in the Israel-Gaza conflict to do everything possible to secure a ceasefire, free hostages and get aid into Gaza.

He criticized Palestinians who support the militant group Hamas that carried out the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, as well as Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas while advocating for new elections in Israel.

“If Prime Minister Netanyahu’s current coalition remains in power after the war begins to wind down, and continues to pursue dangerous and …