By COLlive reporter
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sharply rebuked Israel Monday over its recent decision to build new settlements in East Jerusalem.
She told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a 43-minute telephone conversation that the move was “deeply negative” for US-Israeli relations.
But her former New York pal, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, sang a different tune regarding Israel.
Speaking at the annual legislative breakfast of COJO of Flatbush, the Jewish Schumer said his surname “is the same as a shomer” (a guardian in Hebrew).
“We need to be guardians of America and its strongest ally – Israel,” he said according to one participant.
While Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren reportedly said relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in 35 years, there were more smiles than dim faces in Flatbush.
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said at the event that a nuclear Iran “is something the world and Israel cannot allow to happen.”
Congressman Anthony Weiner, Deputy Mayor of New York Ed Skyler and members of the City Council and State Assembly also spoke positively about Israel.
The building of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, a plan that angered Vice President Joe Biden during his visit to Israel, was not mentioned.
Indeed, COJO heads preferred to focus on local communal issues and highlight the unbreakable ties between the U.S. and Israel.
In attendance from Crown Heights were Chanina Sperlin and Rabbi Eli Cohen, Vice Chairman and Director of the Jewish Community Council.
Also there were Rabbi Shea Hecht, chairman of NCFJE, and Eli Slavin, Community Liaison for Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, and Reuven Lipkind from Senator Eric Adams office.
Rabbi Moishe Wiener, Director of the Jewish Community Center of Coney Island, was among the crowd of 1,000.
Awarding the honorees from COJO were Rabbi Yechezkel Pikus, Leon Goldenberg and Moishe Zakheim.
from liberal jews.
Much worse, is the behavior of David Axelrod -our current ‘kissinger’!
if u dont understand what number 2 wrote then u need help.
Schumer’s surname has nothing to do with shomer, as he has proven time and time again. A more accurate facetious etymology is that it comes from the Russian word shum, meaning noise. He makes lots of noise and gets nothing done!
The MetCouncil is a great organization and thank G-d back to assist Crown heights.
Send encouraging & supportive messages to Bibi, to follow the best “manual” for ALL questions regarding E.Y. -namely the Rebbe’s instructions (which cover ALL details! for the CURRENT situation). Also send messages to all jewish pols, (both in Jerusalem & Washington,) educating them about Jewish Esteem (“Geon Yaakov”), especially regarding our G-d given ownership of The entire E.Y. A good start would be for them to Vociferously denounce usage of the term ”OCCUPIED territories” and insist on the correct term “LIBERATED”! To be even more effective in the above, it is highly recommended that one refresh one’s own COMPREHENSIVE knowledge… Read more »
lubavitchers there and not taking a stand and talking about shlemois haaretz is unbelieveable. the rebba spent years with great pain about this subject and lubavitchers didnt make a shtruem. ad mosai
Its nice to see all of the smiles but will we see anything but the smiles at the end of the day I mean have any of these wonderfully important people done anything to help Crown Heights in the past year I want to be positive but other then screaming at us how Obama care is the greatest thing since Adam was created I haven’t seen much I am still waiting until the September primary’s