Netanyahu snaps back against growing U.S. criticism as pressure for ceasefire in Gaza mounts

As international pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza rises, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has railed against top ally the United States for the recent critique of his leadership, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.”

“We’re not a banana republic,” he told Fox News. “The people of Israel will choose when they will have elections and who they’ll elect, and it’s not something that will be foisted on us.”

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a strong Israel supporter, recently called on the country to hold a new election, saying Netanyahu has “lost his way.”

Schumer said the prime minister