Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said on Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not speak for the entire Jewish community.
On “State of the Union,” CNN host Dana Bash asked Feinstein, who is Jewish, about Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress.
“When Netanyahu says he’s coming to speak, he says he speaks for all Jews. Does he speak for you?” Bash asked.
“No, he doesn’t speak for me on this,” Feinstein responded.
Bash then asked Feinstein if the statement bothered her.
“I think it’s a rather arrogant statement. I think the Jewish community is like any other community. There are different points of view,” Feinstein said. “I think the arrogance does not befit Israel.”
The senator added that Netanyahu’s speech was a “political move.”
“Whether this political move can be effective or not, I don’t know, but it’s not helpful,” she said.
Fesintein told Bash that she will attend Netanyahu’s speech, but that she doesn’t “intend to jump up and down.”
Watch the clip via CNN:
Netanyahu is a politician first. The GOTP for him are just ‘useful idiots’ that he can use to further his goals. I still believe that most Jewish-Americans see the recklessness of Bibi’s policies and also see through the pandering of the Republican Party.
There’s an interesting read in the online Israeli YNET. Ex-Mossad chief Meir Dagan is against Netanyahu’s speech. His interview covers so much more. Link… http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4631634,00.html
As usual, DiFi is trying to have it both ways: She thinks Bibi LeStrange’s insistence that he speaks for all Jews is “arrogant”, and yet she will attend the speech.
The wrong Senator from California is retiring!
You said it… I’m co-signing.
“Whether this political move can be effective or not, I don’t know, but it’s not helpful,”
It’s remarkable how this same statement can be applied to Feinstein’s decision to attend anyway.