The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle caught up with former Senator Russ Feingold, one of the leading progressives in our country. And I always thought Russ was too smart to be in the Senate… Excerpt:
Q. You were a member of the Senate’s foreign relations committee. What has been your take and reaction to what’s been happening at the United Nations with the Palestinian Authority — and I understand that today P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas submitted the application for U.N. recognition of a Palestinian Arab state.
Feingold: I’ve long believed there should be a Palestinian state. But I don’t understand how you can ask the United Nations for membership when you don’t even acknowledge the right to exist of the country that’s going to be your neighbor. That’s not the spirit of the United Nations, as I understand it’s supposed to be. So I agree with President Obama in saying no at this point. The P.A. needs to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist, then I think everything would easily flow from that.
That’s not the spirit of the United Nations . . . .
that comment is singularly stupid. their are rules and a protocol for recognition. and it is the will of other states that confer recognition on a new state, the UN is just the administrative body that manages the process. i think it is fair to say that a super-majority of member states would vote for recognition of a palestinian state at this time.
and what of this ‘spirit’ that nitwit is referring to? (feingold must be setting the mood for the senate halloween party) should israel be ‘de-recognized’ since it can’t seem to comply with its obligations as a UN member, and can’t go a month without violating the sovereignty of another member state?
You think the US was concerned about recognizing Canada or Mexico as its neighbor when the UN was created? These people have IQs of 2 on this issue and no excuses should be made for them.
I agree with your friend. And Feingold’s Jewishness doesn’t give him a pass: he’s just stupid.
Maybe Russ is gonna run for President. Judging by the “demands” coming from OWS recently – he could run just to the left of Obama in domestic matters, but still be a Israel Hawk and these ambitious young capitalists will go along……..
https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/
Same moving-post bullshit from every Zionist. Never forget that no matter how many people want to suggest that a Zionist can be a liberal or a progressive, it just ain’t so.
Between this and Bronner stenographing for Israel in the NYT how is an ordinary American supposed to be informed about the conflict?