Dianne Feinstein: “I watched the CNN coverage from Jerusalem this morning, and my heart very much went into my throat. I wondered how much…”

“I watched the CNN coverage from Jerusalem this morning, and my heart very much went into my throat. I wondered how much can the people of this small nation endure. I looked at the faces on the streets, and I saw a kind of brokenness, a spirit diminished, a hurt that was turning rapidly to anger. I have been one on the Foreign Relations Committee who has been a supporter of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act. That act expired prior to our recess. It was not renewed. My understanding is that as a result the Palestinian office in this area has closed, and I believe it should remain closed, and that the aid specified through the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act, which we call MEPFA, has ceased. I believe that aid should cease. I believe that the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act at this point in time should not be renewed and, as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, it is going to take a great deal to convince me to go in any other direction.”