Article 6KCNY Biden: Chuck Schumer's concern about Israel shared by many Americans – video

Biden: Chuck Schumer's concern about Israel shared by many Americans – video

by
from US news | The Guardian on (#6KCNY)

The US president, Joe Biden, said the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer's concerns about Israel were shared by many Americans. Biden said: 'I'm not going to elaborate on his speech, he made a good speech and I think he expressed a serious concern shared not only by him but by many Americans.'

Biden made the remarks during a bilateral meeting with the Irish taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, after Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the US, said the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was an obstacle to peace. Israel's president and Netanyahu's Likud party criticised Schumer's comments and a state department spokesperson distanced the Biden administration from them

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/rss
Feed Title US news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/us-news
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024
Reply 0 comments