Clinton: ‘Not accurate, fair or useful’ to primarily blame Israel for peace failures
Starkly differentiating herself from the Obama administration in which she once served, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton lambasted the Palestinians for failing to seize past opportunities for peace with Israel, and said she had a “long memory” of Palestinian inaction on the peace front. Asked in an interview whether it was fair for the US administration and mainstream US media to primarily blame Israel for the failure of peace efforts, Clinton was categorical: “No, it’s not accurate or fair or useful.”
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Recalling the 10-month freeze on settlement building imposed by Netanyahu in 2009-2010, when she was secretary of state, Clinton slammed the Palestinians for failing to capitalize on that opportunity for progress. “I regret very much that the Palestinians didn’t take advantage,” she said. “The Palestinians couldn’t act.”
She recalled, too, that the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat “walked away” from the 2000 Camp David summit hosted by her husband, then-president Bill Clinton. “It was one of the most comprehensive efforts” to resolve the conflict, she noted.
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On the Iran nuclear deal, Clinton said she would “use every tool for compliance,” and argued that “Iran should be sanctioned” for its latest ballistic missile tests.
In an email exchange that followed the interview, in which she was asked about differentiating anti-Israel and anti-Semitic behavior by BDS activists, Clinton wrote: “Demonizing Israeli scientists and intellectuals, even students, and comparing Israel to South African apartheid is not only wrong — it is dangerous and counterproductive.” Such language that “vilifies Israelis has no place in any civilized society,” she added.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/clinton-not-accurate-fair-or-useful-to-primarily-blame-israel-for-peace-failures/
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Should be banished from DU too.....
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Actually, it's got nothing to do with my views on the I/P conflict.
