Elizabeth Warren Finally Speaks on Israel/Gaza, Sounds Like Netanyahu

[Cali_Democrat]

By Glenn Greenwald

The last time Elizabeth Warren was asked about her views on the Israeli attack on Gaza – on July 17 – she, as Rania Khalek put it, “literally ran away” without answering. But last week, the liberal Senator appeared for one of her regularly scheduled “office hours” with her Massachusetts constituents, this one in Hyannis, and, as a local paper reported, she had nowhere to run.

One voter who identified himself as a Warren supporter, John Bangert, stood up and objected to her recent vote, in the middle of the horrific attack on Gaza, to send yet another $225 million of American taxpayer money to Israel for its “Iron Dome” system. Banger told his Senator: “We are disagreeing with Israel using their guns against innocents. It’s true in Ferguson, Missouri, and it’s true in Israel . . . The vote was wrong, I believe.” To crowd applause, Bangert told Warren that the money “could have been spent on infrastructure or helping immigrants fleeing Central America.”

But Warren steadfastly defended her “pro-Israel” vote, invoking the politician’s platitude: “We’re going to have to agree to disagree on this one.” According to the account in the Cape Cod Times by reporter C. Ryan Barber, flagged by Zaid Jilani, Warren was also asked about her Israel position by other voters who were at the gathering, and she went on to explain...

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Read more: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/08/28/elizabeth-warren-speaks-israelgaza-sounds-like-netanyahu/

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Sad, isn't it?

That she'd simply latch onto the same old tired party line on this issue as Hillary Clinton and the vast majority of other politicians of both parties. I'm glad she's better on economic issues than she is on Israel policy, where she's just going to parrot what pretty much every other Dem politician does.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Well, I thought this was a serious critique, until I saw the author.

[GoneFishin]

3. This will make me think twice. It is a big disappointment.

[eridani]

4. Sanders is, sadly, similar

Wish we could get people elected who are as progressive on foreign policy as on domestic policy.

[MannyGoldstein]

5. I'm glad this conversation is happening.

It'll be interesting to see where it goes.

Heck, if she does office hours near me, I'll chat with her about it. But no brass knuckles, of course.

[Laelth]

6. k&r for Elizabeth Warren. n/t

-Laelth