Michigan state senator apologizes for visit to Israel

Michigan State Senator Sylvia Santana apologized on Thursday for making a trip to Israel.

According to the Dearborn Press & Guide, Santana received backlash from visiting Israel from members of the Arab-Muslim community in her district, which includes Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. Taking to social media via Facebook and X, Santana said she “should have exercised better discretion” about accepting the invitation for the Michigan Jewish Federation-sponsored visit.

I guess an apology is expected when you depend on your Muslim constituents to get voted in, then turn around and make deals with the Jews behind their backs. She mentions Michigan's relationship with Israel, but not what that might be. I wonder if Dearborn knows what this relationship is? The Jerusalem Post seemed annoyed in its report, but it was fair in its presentation of the facts IMO.

www.jpost.com

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I don't know anything about the particulars of this trip or even who this is, but the only thing I can see this leading to with the way it is framed is more of something neither this senator or the people she is surrounded by want to get involved with.

I find this hilarious. No one knew that their toxic altruism would lead to not supporting Israel, and then it did.

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Sorry for foreign policy

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The Jerusalem Post article is word for word from the apparently original article in the Dearborn Press & Guide . . .
www.pressandguide.com

It also seems to be the basis for every other article I could find on this trip to Israel, and none of them tell what she was there for. CBS, Metro Times (Detroit), MSN, and others, had little else to offer, however, Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) says the following . . .

An official with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, David Kurzmann, confirmed in a statement to the Detroit Free Press that the federation facilitated the trip for several lawmakers.

. . . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the delegation to his Jerusalem office on Monday, thanking the lawmakers for their fight against antisemitism and the false accusation that Israel is an “apartheid state” and for supporting Israel’s security. Netanyahu also personally thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for his administration’s efforts “to expand the circle of peace.”

Ahead of the trip, Jeffries said that the Israel visit would allow for House Democrats to “reaffirm our commitment to the special relationship between the United States and Israel, one anchored in our shared democratic values and mutual geopolitical interests.

“We will learn ways Congress can continue strengthening this alliance and enable peace and stability between Israel and its neighbors. As we listen and learn, we reiterate our ironclad commitment to the safety and security of Israel and to the existence of Israel as a prosperous and Jewish, democratic state,” the congressman continued.

www.jns.org

So it seems that Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are sucking up to the Democrats and Joe Biden and they were more than happy enough to go on the trip, likely looking to score some kind of money-making deals. Now this senator has to suck up to her constituents and face the music. She certainly didn't announce this on her official web page and tell anyone what she was doing there or what it could mean for her district . . .

senatedems.com

a reply to: MichiganSwampBuck


It's such a forgone conclusion that it's a cluster burr out there.

But whatever if they want to front some senator that does all than sure why not. 🤷‍♂️

a reply to: firstofAkhet

*Pardon me, all this. ..

I wonder if she is still buddy with Israel now that Hamas butchered all those Jews around Gaza?