New York – In a swift about face from her views as New York’s senator, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now hammering Israel over its treatment of Palestinians in Gaza.
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As first lady, Clinton raised eyebrows when she kissed Suha Arafat.
Since she was then seeking a Senate seat the resulting brouhaha caused her to “re-think” her positions.
“I’m a very strong supporter of Israel,” Clinton said on Feb. 17.
On Thursday, as secretary of state she had yet another about face in the form of angry messages demanding Israel speed up aid to Gaza. Jewish leaders are furious.
“I am very surprised, frankly, at this statement from the United States government and from the secretary of state,” New York Daily News publisher Mortimer Zuckerman said.
“I liked her a lot more as a senator from New York,” Assemblyman Dov Hikind, D-Brooklyn, said. “Now, I wonder as I used to wonder who the real Hillary Clinton is.”
Clinton’s decision to hammer Israel comes as the Clintons and President Barack Obama are planning to give the Palestinians $900 million toward the rebuilding of Gaza in the wake of the Israeli offensive that was sparked by Hamas rocket fire.
“We are working across the government to see what our approach will be,” Clinton said.
“I don’t believe that we should be in a position at this point to do anything to strengthen Hamas,” Zuckerman said. “We surely know what Hamas stands for as I say they are the forward battalions of Iran.”
For some, Clinton’s change of position is upsetting.
“I feel it’s unfortunate that they don’t continue the policy of the Bush administration, which was much more pro-Israel,” said Akiva Homnick of Jerusalem.
“I happen to have a lot of family who live in Israel and I feel, personally, when you are dealing with people who are very strong against you, you have to stand up to them,” said Tami Davudoff of Kew Gardens.
“Hillary had Mrs. Arafat here and she invited Mrs. Arafat for lunch when she was the first lady,” added Babak Chafe of Great Neck. “She is pro-Palestinian 100 percent, really. Of course, we always knew it.”
“The easy way to make a peace agreement is to pressure Israel because you can’t pressure the Arabs,” said Solomon Loewi of Monsey, N.Y.
All this could lead to a chilly reception when Mrs. Clinton arrives in the Middle East next week.
The new U.S. envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, arrived in Israel on Thursday with a mission to inject new life into peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
It’s never enough. Never. No matter how hard US administrations work to loyally serve the Medinah, it’s never enough. If, chas vesholom, they should turn even 1 degree from the demands of the ZIonists, there will be hell to pay. Shame on Mrs. Clinton! Did she forget that she is NOT the Secretary of State of the USA, but serves as the Foreign Minister for the Medinah?!!
She is a real crazy women she does not care about anything besides herself and her KOVAD. She wants to be the next President of the US and what ever it takes she will be always a crowd pleaser. PS rememer she is a lady and her hormons are out of control
A leopard does’t change it’s spots!
I’ve read through this hole post I still have not found where in this story I’m supposed to get angry,
All she said is that israel should speed up their aid,
Dov hikind get a life,
And to zuckerman you are angry???the daily news is a pro terorist newspaper and always loves when they have any bad storys or pictures thay can put in their paper,
Let’s stop looking for everyones every word and make a big deal of nothing….
Cause these things will make peole hate israel..
Where are all the people that posted comments what a jew lover the clintons are a liberal despises a jew wake up & its very nice to get govt. Programs from the liberals but they are our enemy
OK square rebbi are you following that. Now go vote for her and pose in her pictures. Hey! Shatnez.
What she said was true…if EY wants the continued support of the U.S. and at least some of the European countries, they have to deal with the reality of over a million Palestinians in Gaza who have to be provided food, health care, power, water etc. They cannot wait for the politicans to squabble and form a new government. She is right to say that if EY insists on maintaining the blockades on entry, they must find some interim way of dealing with the day to day needs.
Wow what an appropriate picture.
You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig!!!
what spin. she is actually no different than condi rice. no one cried out against condi rice did they? none of these fake frummies ever had one thing negative to say about the machasheyfa condi rice and all the things she did, now hillary is being no different than her and she is bad? please. posturing for the hikind sharptons in our midst.
Why is it that some people are such big ignoramuses that they cannot even discuss the substance of an issue at all, and can only hurl insults? Everyone knows that American politicians are never allowed to criticize the medinah! Chas veshalom, everyone knows the medinah is shechina! Criticism is not allowed. It is simply not allowed!
Hashem Yerachame. She changed so fast , what do you expect, to kiss the wife of
a no. 1 terrorist and the thief of millions of dollars from his arab brothers.I guess
the spit on her lips never dried. GET OUT THE T’HILLIMS.
It’s just a matter of time that America will have to get financial aid from Isreal.
Isreal will help them but only if they give away all of the land except for Rhode Island.
come on Hikind, admit you were wrong in backing her.
i alway knew she on to her own agenda! i knew she would as new york senator but i still went to the polls to vote for her aponent. you dont go from smooching the arabs to a state senator. she got a good writer for her speeches & all you yidden in New York voted for her. next time maybe you wont fall over the next woman or man that promises the world to all the mosdases! its only the begining. the next 8 years her true colors will unravel & you’ll all feel like she cheated on you!!!!!!!!!!
i am more shocked at the people here defending her anti israel stand then on clinton herself .she was always pro arab except when she faked it in n .y. but on a jewish website to have jews defending her anti israel stand is shocking. i dont think u will find anyone defending israel on an arab website. u should all be ashmed .
I get it!
Israel should speed up supplies so that Hamas can steal it like they did to the TONS of food and medical supplies that the U. N. sent.
Clinton was NEVER anything but a mega trillion two timing fox in the hen house, just like her philandering “husband” Billy the bobcat. When Madame Clinton kissed Arafat, that sealed it for me.. look at the facts, she is a thief with your confidence and only wants what she wants, finished.
I see her true colors shining through. I see her Jew loving ending soon.
This is great news! It’s about time more Jews wake up.
It is amazing to read these stupid posts!
#1 she didn’t say anything wrong,
#2 can 1 of you israel loving living in the us tell me what’s wrong with what she said,
#3 when there is a war part of it is postwar rebuilding which israel has to do for the world being behind their operations,
#4 why don’t you people move there,
You people cause everyone to hate jews by being so critical of every word even people who have always supported jews say!
She’s a true friend of the jewish community!
Go hillary……
P.S.to the daily news stop putting pictures of arab kids crying in gaza every day!and then tell us how outraged you are!!!
I think that we are better off that Obama beat her in the primaries.
Did you really think that she changed her position when she became Senator. After all, she is a Clinton and what they do best is lie and deceive. She is an opportunist and I guarantee you that when she is sent packing from the State Department she will try to re-gain her Senate seat here and will lie again about what a great friend of Israel’s she is and the sad part is that these stupid New York liberal Jews will believe her and will again vote for this filthy lier.
I am sick of liberals that believe what other liberals say and never look at what they do. They kiss the feet of their politicians. I don’t care what a politician says. Show me what they do. Clinton doesn’t give a hoot about Israel, but loves Jewish money and Arab oil.
I am still waiting for tha actual quortes from the Secretary. Why would Kramer write such an story, with so much history and so much verbatimg quotes from so-called jewish “leaders” yet omit the very quotes in the topic at hand? Very fishy, very BIASED media very spun attempt. She probably has some kind of personal beef with Hillary. Maybe she sneezed on her once on the campaign trail. Seriously people, wake up before jumping to conclusions. Where ya been during the last month for Clintons many pro israel and anti hamas speeches and statements in the statr dept? where were you all when condi the machasheyfa said much much worse things? Nothing about what clinton said is “anti israel” at all.
Sheesh.
Just remember (73%) of the Y9idden voted for O! Did you expect anything less than the smartest woman in the world to be S of S? She loved kissing Suha Arafat, rather than her pandering hushand, where she learned to ply her trade.
Now you can all cry in your morning coffee, while the 2 of them help to try and destroy Isr!
Why are these so-called brilliant Jewish leaders surprised? Hillary conned them for their support by faking being pro Israel. These same fools supported Obama. When will we, as a people, ever learn?
Is it that hard for the Jewish community to have leaders with some real Chochmoh? This is what happens when our people sell their souls. Hashem Yiracheim!
WHATS TO BLAST? she didnt criticize israel. no one can produce these statements because they werent even mande. this is all hot air to rile people up in the streets of the frum neighborhoods against someoen who has been a very very good friend of israel even today . if you wanna know what she really has to say, go see the official statements and videos and actions on her website, . dont beleive idiot reporters in the biased media that obviously have a twisted axe to grind