{"id":2229063,"date":"2024-04-24T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-demands-netanyahu-resign-calls-israeli-leader-obstacle-to-peace\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T11:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:38:04","slug":"pelosi-demands-netanyahu-resign-calls-israeli-leader-obstacle-to-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-demands-netanyahu-resign-calls-israeli-leader-obstacle-to-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Calls for Netanyahu&#8217;s Resignation, Labels Him Peace Hindrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosi-demands-netanyahu-resign-calls-israeli-leader-obstacle-to-peace%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> with Irish broadcaster RT\u00c9, Representative Nancy Pelosi from California called for \u200bIsraeli Prime Minister\u200d Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s resignation due to his handling of the recent \u2064Hamas terrorist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">attack<\/a>. Pelosi\u2064 criticized \u2062Netanyahu as\u2062 an impediment to peace, questioning \u2062his stance on the two-state solution. Netanyahu&#8217;s response to the attack was deemed &#8220;terrible&#8221; by Pelosi, who highlighted his role\u200b in obstructing peace efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tRep. Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) this week demanded Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">resign<\/a> for his &#8220;terrible&#8221; response to Hamas\u2019s Oct. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-scotus-is-unlikely-to-fix-the-section-230-immunity-mess\/\" title=\"Why The SCOTUS Is Unlikely To Fix The Section 230 Immunity Mess\">7 terrorist attack<\/a> on Israel, calling the Israeli leader an &#8220;obstacle&#8221; to peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We recognize Israel&#8217;s right to protect itself. We reject the policy and the practice of Netanyahu\u2014terrible. What could be worse than what he has done in response [to the Oct. 7 attack]?&#8221; the former House speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pelosi-calls-netanyahu-resign-condemns-him-obstacle-peace\">told<\/a> Irish broadcaster RT\u00c9 in an interview published Monday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;[Netanyahu] should resign. He&#8217;s ultimately responsible,&#8221; Pelosi said, adding, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know whether he\u2019s afraid of peace, incapable of peace, or just doesn\u2019t want peace. But he has been an obstacle to the two-state solution.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Netanyahu declared Israel was at war with Hamas immediately after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/we-are-at-war-netanyahu-says-after-hamas-launches-devastating-surprise-attack\/\"><span>vowing<\/span><\/a><span>  to make the terrorists pay an &#8220;unprecedented price.&#8221; Israel has since eliminated thousands of Hamas militants and established control over significant portions of the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces are set to enter Rafah, one of the few remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza, to &#8220;[achieve] a complete victory over Hamas,&#8221; Netanyahu <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/there-is-a-date-netanyahu-says-rafah-invasion-will-happen\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pelosi\u2019s criticism of Netanyahu came a month after Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/totally-inappropriate-netanyahu-slams-schumers-call-for-his-ouster\/\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span>  for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/things-that-donald-trump-did-not-do\/\" title=\"Things That Donald Trump Did Not Do\">prime minister&#8217;<\/a>s ouster and a new Israeli government, arguing the Israeli leader &#8220;has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take the precedence over the best interests of Israel.&#8221;<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I think what [Schumer] said is totally inappropriate,&#8221; Netanyahu said in response. &#8220;It\u2019s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there. That\u2019s something the Israeli public does on its own.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In recent months, President Joe Biden has reportedly had a falling out with Netanyahu. An NBC News report said Biden privately <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/biden-disparaged-netanyahu-as-a-hole-behind-closed-doors-report\/\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span>  the Israeli prime minister an &#8220;asshole&#8221; and &#8220;a pain in my ass,&#8221; a week after <\/span><i><span>Politico<\/span><\/i><span>  reported the president referred to Netanyahu as a &#8220;bad fucking guy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Nancy Pelosi of California urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down following what she described as a &#8220;poor&#8221; handling of Hamas&#8217;s recent terrorist attack. Pelosi labeled Netanyahu a barrier to peace. While acknowledging Israel&#8217;s defense rights, she criticized the country&#8217;s policies and actions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2807,"featured_media":2229064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/democrats-hold-press-conference-ahead-senate-vote-pact-act_736x514.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2229063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/democrats-hold-press-conference-ahead-senate-vote-pact-act_736x514.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2229063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2229064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2229063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2229063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2229063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}