Chuck Schumer

Chuck Schumer’s guardian act was never about Israel. It was about power - opinion

Both halves of that promise are now broken. Schumer was not guarding Israel, and he was not guarding American Jews. He was guarding his caucus and his own gavel.

|ByMICHA DANZIG
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a press conference after the Senate passed a continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown of the federal government, in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023.
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. Sanders, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and others joined El-Sayed to rally the crowds.

Bernie Sanders urges Democratic Party to ban AIPAC and super PACs from primaries, pass amendment

Sanders believes that even candidates who support super PAC reforms will continue accepting money from super PACs for use in elections so long as there is benefit to be gained from the arrangement.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV
US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on protections for access to in vitro fertilization on July 23, 2026 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

Trump says Jewish Senator Chuck Schumer 'turned Palestinian' amid remarks at correspondents' dinner

The annual event raises money for journalism scholarships and celebrates press freedoms as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

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Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump spy nominee Jay Clayton faces tense hearing after refusing to say Joe Biden won in 2020

Clayton said only that Biden had been "certified" as president, while also insisting, "I am not an election denier."

|ByREUTERS

Labor MK Kariv to Senator Schumer: 'We thank you for your leadership, courage'

Kariv also said that Schumer's words "introduced us to a different type of Jewish and Zionist leadership."

MARCH 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Gilad Kariv speaks during a discussion in the Knesset, on July 23, 2023

Senator Schumer: You are no guardian of Israel - opinion

It is both audacious and insulting for the majority leader of the US Senate to say what he did about a fellow democracy and ally of the US.

MARCH 19, 2024BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
US SENATE Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, last week.

Donald Trump claims Jews voting for Democrats hate 'their religion,' 'should be ashamed'

Trump said that under his leadership, Iran had been left too broke to fund terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.

MARCH 18, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Donald Trump at a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor

Time for Israel to climb down the tree - comment

Israel has already won the war on the battlefield. Hamas is a shell of what it was. But it is suffering a terrible loss on the battlefield of diplomacy.

MARCH 18, 2024ByDAVID BRINN
An Israeli flag [Ilustrative]

Letters to the Editor, March 18, 2024: Secular and anti-halachic

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 18, 2024ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Chuck Schumer: Don't interfere in Israel's politics - editorial

Controversy stirred as Schumer's call for Israeli elections challenged alliances. Explore the delicate balance between support and intervention.

MARCH 18, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is flanked by then-Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (left) and then-Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, at the US Capitol in 2017.

Are elections an option? - opinion

US-Israel tensions escalate amid political turmoil. Will Netanyahu survive? Insightful analysis reveals complex dynamics.

MARCH 18, 2024BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Yoav Galant, Israel Katz. The meeting on increasing the budget, March 2024

How Biden, circa 1992, would respond to Schumer of 2024

The contrast between what Biden said then and his reaction to Schumer’s speech is glaring.

MARCH 17, 2024ByHERB KEINON
US President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023

American Jewish groups criticize Schumer’s call for elections

American Jewish groups respond differently to Schumer's call for Israeli elections, reflecting diverse views on US-Israel relations and the Middle East.

MARCH 17, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stands behind the rostrum as fellow Democratic senators speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2023.

'He dumped Israel': Donald Trump accuses Biden of abandoning support

Trump called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza quickly, saying, "Do it [end the war] quickly, and return to a world of peace."

MARCH 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Joe Biden (L) and former US president Donald Trump.