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US Senate leader Schumer says Israel's Netanyahu has 'lost his way'

U.S Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to the press at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 6, 2024. [AFP]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, called on Israel Thursday to hold new elections, saying he believes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "lost his way" in the country's bombardment of Gaza.

Schumer, long an ally of the Jewish state, said Netanyahu risks making his country a "pariah" in world affairs.

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