'What you said is wrong': Netanyahu snaps at CNN's Bash in clash over new election

An appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu grew snappish when CNN host Dana Bash pointed to overwhelming support for a new election as advocated by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

With Netanyahu talking over the host or refusing to pause to let her speak, Bash pressed him on sentiment in his country based on recent polling — that demonstrates Israelis are ready to move on over the way he is prosecuting the war against Hamas.

Things came to a head when Bash asked, "Will you commit to calling new elections? That's my question — will you?"

"Dana, two-thirds — first of all, what you said is wrong — the vast majority of Israelis oppose early elections unless the war doesn't end. We've just had many polls on that," he shot back. "Look a lot of the polls are twisted or guided by ..."

"Channel 12 says 64 percent of Israelis support early elections," Bash interrupted as he kept talking.

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"That's not —, I'm afraid that they ask them the question, do you support it during the war —" he replied as she interrupted him again with, "That not what Chuck Schumer is calling for. He's calling for new elections when the war winds down."

After a long pause, Netanyahu countered with, "Well, we'll see when we win the war. And until we win the war, I think Israelis understand that if we were to have elections now before the war is won, resoundingly won, we would have at least six months of national paralysis, which means we would lose the war. If we don't win the war, we lose the war."

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