Elizabeth Warren And Bernie Sanders Get Off Israel Bandwagon, For Once

[Purveyor]

The Senate is warning Palestinians against undertaking any “negative” unilateral actions re Israel at the United Nations, and look who isn’t signing on to the letter that AIPAC has endorsed: Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Folks have been pressing Warren and her staffers not to sign this letter – and she didn’t. Neither did Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Maybe the national publicity and pressure on these progressives over their Israel-Palestine positions moved them? Maybe they’re tacking ahead of 2016? Here are the 12 non-signers, from both parties:

Bernard Sanders (I), Bob Corker (R), Elizabeth Warren (D), Harry Reid*, Jeff Sessions (R), John D. Rockefeller IV*, Lisa Murkowski (R), Patrick J. Leahy* (D), Rand Paul (R), Tammy Baldwin (D), Tom Coburn (R), Tom Harkin* (D).

(*Majority leader/ senior committee chairs who don’t usually subscribe to these things)

Is this the beginning of a Senate “refuser caucus”? We can only hope.

- See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/09/elizabeth-sanders-bandwagon#sthash.pxMzpd5k.RqpFu945.dpuf

First posting: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025987785

[grossproffit]

1. September 26th? Elizabeth Warren just returned from visiting Israel. Also Bernie Sanders on 12/17...

After the Taliban slaughter:

"Sanders believes the Iraq War was responsible for destabilizing the entire region, leading to the rise of such groups. Asked if he thinks the U.S. alliance with Israel in the face of its continued settlement-building was a contributing factor, he said no.

"You're asking a rational question," he said. "I can have a very good argument about the role the U.S. should have with Israel. But the ideology has very little to do with Israel."

That ideology, Sanders said, is about seeing women as second-class citizens and blowing up girls simply for going to school."

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/2014/12/16/sanders-arab-nations-take-lead-fight/20500737/

[azurnoir]

2. well thanks because everything he said related to ISIS, the taliban and AQ

he really said nothing about the US relationship with Israel in fact he demurred that question

[grossproffit]

3. You're welcome. At least it's current news unlike the OP

[King_David]

5. Article is from Sep 26... This op should be locked very soon.

[Purveyor]

7. If you will notice the locking statement of the original OP, the forum hosts suggested

a repost in I/P.

Sorry, but we're locking this because it doesn't conform with the General Discussion SOP.

ISRAEL/PALESTINE

Threads about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict are not permitted under normal circumstances and should be posted in the Israel/Palestine Group.

Open discussion of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is permitted during very high-profile news events which are heavily covered across all newsmedia.


Please feel free to re-post in Israel/Palestine.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025987785#post7

[grossproffit]

9. "New threads must be based on a recently-published news item or op-ed piece." Per I/P guidelines.

9/26 by any stretch of the imagination wouldn't be considered "new."

[Purveyor]

11. Address your issue with the 'hosts'...they suggested the repost in I/P which

I dutifully complied.

btw...really doesn't matter now, the OP had it's rightful exposure x2 in lastest threads.

[King_David]

4. Mondoweiss?

May as well use Maan or the national enquirer , equal credibility and the only one without extreme bias is the national enquirer.

Mondoweiss is a vanity site .

[Purveyor]

6. Certainly know by now that your 'taunting' on sources only encourages me...

{{{chuckle}}}

[Scootaloo]

8. Someone named "King_David" doesn't have much room to talk about vanity, y'know

By the way, belated congratulation on 10,000 posts. Astounding to see someone get there when 9,000 of their posts consists of " " and nothing else.

[King_David]

10. Such a clever post.

[Scootaloo]

13. Oh, don't you go making ME vain!

[Purveyor]

12. {{{chuckle}}} indeed! eom