Are the Senate Jews Antisemitic?

Are the Senate Jews Antisemitic?

The democrats in the Senate blocked passage of a bill condemning the International Criminal Court. That court had issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials accusing them of war crimes in Gaza. Netanyahu called the warrants “absurd and antisemitic”. The bill passed the House 243-140 will only 45 democrats voting for the bill. It was no surprise that the vocal antisemites in the House would oppose the bill but what was the rationale for the others to vote against it? 

I thought the bill would sail through the Senate with the republican majority. I was wrong. The democrats promptly filibustered the bill meaning that 60 votes were needed to end the filibuster and pass the bill. The vote was 54-45 meaning that the bill failed to pass. The only democrat to vote for the bill was John Fetterman who stated “I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t want to vote for this and support Israel.” Fetterman is not Jewish. Even two new senators, Elissa Slotkin and Reuben Gallego, who as representatives had voted for the bill last year voted against it this year. What changed their minds? I have the feeling that Chuck Schumer who is Jewish pressured them to vote against the bill.

Although Fetterman is staunchly pro-Israel it is interesting that all of the Senate’s Jewish members, Slotkin, Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, Michael Bennet, Richard Blumenthal, Brian Schatz, Jacky Rosen, Jon Ossoff and Schumer all opposed it. How come? Schumer called the bill “poorly crafted and deeply problematic.” He said that he objected to language that would impose sanctions on America’s allies and U.S. companies doing business with the court. The bill states for Trump to impose sanctions on those who have “directly engaged in or otherwise aided any effort by the International Criminal Court to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute” US citizens or the citizens of US allies not party to the ICC’s Rome Statute –which would include Israel.”

Oh come now.How much business is actually done by American companies with the court? This lame excuse puzzles me. I think it is more likely that the democrats want to block any bill seen as a win for Donald Trump. It will be interesting to see if there is any fallout on those Jewish senators who are running for reelection from the Jewish voters in their states.