Warren apparently actually ran away the first time she was asked her opinion on the Israel devastation of Gaza this summer. In her most recent news conference, reportedly she had no place to run. I don't know if that's entirely fair, since she scheduled the conference and presumably had her talking points worked out. But listen to what she has to say about Israel's massive bombing of Gazan civilians this summer,
America has a very special relationship with Israel. Israel lives in a very dangerous part of the world, and a part of the world where there aren’t many liberal democracies and democracies that are controlled by the rule of law. And we very much need an ally in that part of the world
Discuss this ....
Is Israel Really our ONLY friend in that part of the world? .... the optic is off. ....
Her constituent had the better argument. The INTERCEPT reported:
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.”
I love the reasoning:
Wrong in Gaza AND wrong in Ferguson.
don't fund war, fund the child refugees fleeing internecine violence in Central America.
Amen.
All of this as per reported in Greenwald's The Intercept.