MJ Rosenberg
Senior Fellow Media Matters Action Network
Posted: May 2, 2010 10:12 AM
Schumer: I'm On A Mission From God (To Be Israel's Guardian In Senate)
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Sen. Chuck Schumer told a New York radio station last week that after the Obama administration hit Israel hard on its settlement policy, "I called up Rahm Emanuel and I called up the White House and I said, 'If you don't retract that statement you are going to hear me publicly blast you on this.'"
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"You know, my name .... comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov. And I believe Hashem
actually gave me that name. One of my roles, very important in the United States senate, is to be a shomer -- to be a or the shomer Yisrael. And I will continue to be that with every bone in my body ..."
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Bottom line: none of these legislators think it is appropriate to criticize Israeli policies because, by definition, the Israeli government's position is always right. Besides, who are they to criticize the Israelis despite Congress giving Israel more aid than any other country? And even though every proposal for budget cuts specifically exempts Israel's aid package (unlike every domestic program you can imagine).
Of course, every one of these legislators criticizes US policies they disagree with and certainly US Presidents. But when it comes to Israel, they are drum majors for Netanyahu (God-appointed in Schumer's case).
They should be ashamed of themselves. They aren't.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/schumer-im-on-a-mission-f_b_560091.html