Rabbi Michael Lerner of the Jewish Community Relations Council in New York City said he was “deeply saddened” by the news. To the extent that even observer status is a step in that direction , powerful elements in Hamas want to undermine it . He says the powerful should show more generosity to the relatively powerless . Israel , U.S. should support Palestinian move for nonmember state status at the U.N. , he says . Lerner : Hamas serves Netanyahu 's aim of marginalizing the Palestinian Authority .
Rabbi Michael Lerner of the Jewish Community Relations Council in New York City said he was “deeply saddened” by the news. He says the powerful should show more generosity to the relatively powerless . Israel , U.S. should support Palestinian move for nonmember state status at the U.N. , he says . Lerner : Hamas serves Netanyahu 's aim of marginalizing the Palestinian Authority .