Chuck Schumer’s Brutal Takedown of Bibi Is a Watershed Moment

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gave a groundbreaking speech lacerating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the horrific civilian toll in Gaza. This is a big moment in U.S. politics: The highest-ranking Jewish Democrat stood strongly for Palestinian rights at a time when the war in Gaza is badly dividing the Democratic coalition. To navigate these complexities, we talked to Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers, which is promoting a peace effort called Standing Together, and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, who writes regularly about intra-coalitional tensions among Democrats. (The AFT has sponsored or co-sponsored TNR events in the recent past.)