kissing BiBi's ass as well as AIPAC. Same shit just a new day. These folks just care for themselves and to hell with their constituents. And we wonder why we have foreign policy issues.

there should be term limits on all elected officials

in my opinion. It's BECAUSE of their constituents they're looking for this meeting. Once again DUers live in the fantasy bubble they've created that thinks Americans don't support Israel when the polls show you wrong every single time. And that holds true even when they have an asshole as PM.

When it comes to USA / Israel opinion - relationship, real world Democratic Party officials and supporters look nothing like half the stuff written here on DU.

That's why this DU group is never linked to by any rep or candidate.

my senators and representative to stay away from here, to never mention DU in any way, shape or form. It would have been disastrous for any one of them to be associated with some of the crap I've seen here.

The number of Democrats who feel more sympathetic toward Israelis than Palestinians has dropped 10 points in one year, according to a new poll.

In a Gallup poll released Monday, less than half of Democrats — 48 percent — say they sympathize more with Israelis than Palestinians when it comes to tensions in the Middle East. By contrast, 83 percent of Republicans sided with Israel. Fifty-nine percent of Independents answered similarly.

The percentage of Republicans who support Israel has risen in recent years. In a 2000 Gallup poll, about 53 percent of Republicans expressed sympathy for the Jewish state and that number has been steadily increasing. In this most recent poll from Gallup, only 7 percent of Republicans sided with Palestinians.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/democrats-israel-palestine-gallup-poll-115419.html#ixzz3SiHUmPP3

BTW read your comment below about warning your Representatives off of DU a Democratic Party website, interesting that

You know, the one that said 70% - that's 70% of Americans continue to support Israel. You do realize that even Democratic Reps and Senators have republicans and independents to represent, don't you? 16% have a favorable opinion of the Palestinians - I think that's lower than the republicans in Congress have. These numbers have barely budged in a year so any fall off in Democratic support is made up for among everyone else. I suspect the fall off from Democrats has to do with Bibi and not Israel. When asked to choose sides:

Asked to Choose Sides, Six in 10 Americans Favor Israelis

Is this really the poll you want to hang your hopes on? I think it's very clear which side the vast majority of Americans would choose and there may be a couple of dozen (out of 535) that will sit out the speech. You continue to live in the bubble I talked about in an earlier comment. You're in a very small minority.

Here's a link to the poll you may want to look at:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/181652/seven-americans-continue-view-israel-favorably.aspx?utm_source=POLITICS&utm_medium=topic&utm_campaign=tiles

FYI - I've made that comment about my reps many, many times before.

the republicans favor Israel at nearly twice the rate of Democrats

I'm not sure what makes you think any Democratic Reps or Senators are going to hang their career on a group with a 16% approval rating because that's the choice. I'm also not sure what makes you think disapproval with Israel translates into support for the Palestinians. That is simply not true.

maybe we are not quite such a bubble here

If all you want to talk about is a group (Democrats) who make up less than a third of voters and ignore the other 2/3 of voters, that's your choice - I can guarantee those elected will NOT be ignoring those numbers. And once again, thinking a slip in support for Israel is translating into support for Palestinians is the same as the teabaggers thinking EVERYONE hates the President because everyone they know does. It's delusional thinking.

With a 16% approval rating, it appears that slipping Democratic support for Israel isn't translating to support for the Palestinians. Probably a plague on both their houses attitude in play there.

Edited to make the support for Palestinians 16% rather than the 18% I thought I had read. I wouldn't want to try and fool people here about it.

and all everyone else is going to see is the same thing I posted. The Palestinians have a 16% approval rating which is the same it's been for a while. So even thought support for Israel has slipped among Democrats, it's not only more than made up for with Republicans and Independents but that slip in support does not translate into support for Palestinians. 16%.

the Palestinians versus how many want a plague on both? It seems you want to ignore that at all costs. I myself would have a hard time answering that poll because I detest bibi so much.

the polls mainly showed the divisions between the rank and file of the 2 parties and independents

Not supporting Israel could cost a rep their job. Whereas supporting Palestinians brings them almost no benefit whatsoever.

The last thing a politician wants to do is create a wedge issue that can be used against them. Supporting Israel is the easy decision here.

Netanyahu declines US Democrats' invitation for meet during controversial US visit, citing fears of fanning partisan flames as National Security advisor slams Congress speech as 'not only unfortunate… but destructive' to Israel-US ties.

National Security Advisor Susan Rice warned Wednesday night that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned address to the US Congress is "not only unfortunate" but "destructive to the fabric" of Israel-US ties.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu rejected an invitation to meet with two Democratic senators, citing fears it would further fuel claims that his speech was turning Israel and the looming nuclear deal with Iran into a partisan issue.

more @
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4630551,00.html

While Cohen announced he wouldn’t attend Netanyahu’s speech, the prime minister’s key political ally, Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett, said he would accompany him to Washington.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/congressman-steve-cohen-to-skip-pms-congress-speech/#ixzz3Sjla7rPl

think there a chance Bibi's going to lose? Not because of anything international but because of internal scandals and conditions especially housing-his vs most of the Israeli public, at least that's impression I;m getting

but to be honest it is not looking that way .