http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/hillary991111_2.html
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ABCNEWS.com
J E R U S A L E M, Nov. 11
— First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,
considering a run for the Senate from New
York, found herself in the middle of a West
Bank political minefield today. With Mrs. Clinton at
her side, the wife of Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat said in a speech that
Israel had been systematically using gas
to poison Palestinian women and
children. Suha Arafat also accused
Israel of contaminating about 80 percent
of water sources that it provides to
Palestinians with “chemical materials.”
“It is important to point out here the
severe damage caused by the intensive daily use of poison
gas by the Israeli forces in the past years which has led to
an increase of cancer cases among Palestinian women and
children,” Mrs. Arafat said.
Holding Her Tongue
Mrs. Clinton sat stone-faced on hearing the remarks,
which complicate her efforts to court the politically potent
Jewish vote in New York. The reference to gas offended
sensitivities in Israel, home to the largest community of
Nazi Holocaust survivors in the world. The Palestinian first
lady’s remarks drew a swift and angry condemnation from
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
But Mrs. Clinton issued only a tepid rebuke, urging
both Israelis and Palestinians “to refrain from making
inflammatory charges or engaging in excessive rhetoric
and to deal with any issues at the negotiating table.”
The ceremony in the West Bank town Ramallah was
intended to commemorate a $3.8 million U.S. grant for
children’s health care in the West Bank and Gaza Strip,
but was used by speaker after speaker to voice
independence aspirations for Palestinians.
In her address, Mrs. Clinton referred to Middle East
peacemaking, including the negotiations on a final
Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty that were launched earlier
this week at the Grand Park Hotel in Ramallah.
“I want to tell you on behalf of the president and his
administration that you can count on the United States and
the strong U.S.-Palestinian relationship as you move
forward on the path to peace,” Mrs. Clinton said. “I am
delighted to join my friend Mrs. Arafat and all of you as
we launch a vital, new partnership to strengthen the
families of the West Bank and Gaza.”
Other speakers urged Mrs. Clinton to remember her
own earlier expressions of support for a Palestinian state,
which she later amended in the face of widespread
condemnation in the American Jewish community by
stressing that she supports Jerusalem as “the eternal and
indivisible capital” of the Jewish state.
American Tourists
Earlier today, Mrs. Clinton and her daughter Chelsea
toured the Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem and visited Yad
Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
In memory of the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis,
Mrs. Clinton tended an eternal flame and laid a wreath
with a red-and-white ribbon at the memorial.
The first lady is on a four-day Middle Eastern tour and
will go on to Jordan on Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Clinton has dismissed questions about whether
her latest visit to the Middle East is an attempt to boost
her popularity among Jews in New York.
“I’m here as the first lady of the United States,” she
said this morning, “to further deepen the already strong
bonds between our two countries.”
With reporting from ABCNEWS’ Josh Gerstein and
ABCNEWS.com’s Brian Hartman in Washington and
WABC-TV political reporter Dave Evans in the West
Bank. The Associated Press also contributed to this
report.[/quote]
Typical gutless, cowardly and craven Clintonite...
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
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ABCNEWS.com
J E R U S A L E M, Nov. 11
— First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,
considering a run for the Senate from New
York, found herself in the middle of a West
Bank political minefield today. With Mrs. Clinton at
her side, the wife of Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat said in a speech that
Israel had been systematically using gas
to poison Palestinian women and
children. Suha Arafat also accused
Israel of contaminating about 80 percent
of water sources that it provides to
Palestinians with “chemical materials.”
“It is important to point out here the
severe damage caused by the intensive daily use of poison
gas by the Israeli forces in the past years which has led to
an increase of cancer cases among Palestinian women and
children,” Mrs. Arafat said.
Holding Her Tongue
Mrs. Clinton sat stone-faced on hearing the remarks,
which complicate her efforts to court the politically potent
Jewish vote in New York. The reference to gas offended
sensitivities in Israel, home to the largest community of
Nazi Holocaust survivors in the world. The Palestinian first
lady’s remarks drew a swift and angry condemnation from
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
But Mrs. Clinton issued only a tepid rebuke, urging
both Israelis and Palestinians “to refrain from making
inflammatory charges or engaging in excessive rhetoric
and to deal with any issues at the negotiating table.”
The ceremony in the West Bank town Ramallah was
intended to commemorate a $3.8 million U.S. grant for
children’s health care in the West Bank and Gaza Strip,
but was used by speaker after speaker to voice
independence aspirations for Palestinians.
In her address, Mrs. Clinton referred to Middle East
peacemaking, including the negotiations on a final
Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty that were launched earlier
this week at the Grand Park Hotel in Ramallah.
“I want to tell you on behalf of the president and his
administration that you can count on the United States and
the strong U.S.-Palestinian relationship as you move
forward on the path to peace,” Mrs. Clinton said. “I am
delighted to join my friend Mrs. Arafat and all of you as
we launch a vital, new partnership to strengthen the
families of the West Bank and Gaza.”
Other speakers urged Mrs. Clinton to remember her
own earlier expressions of support for a Palestinian state,
which she later amended in the face of widespread
condemnation in the American Jewish community by
stressing that she supports Jerusalem as “the eternal and
indivisible capital” of the Jewish state.
American Tourists
Earlier today, Mrs. Clinton and her daughter Chelsea
toured the Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem and visited Yad
Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
In memory of the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis,
Mrs. Clinton tended an eternal flame and laid a wreath
with a red-and-white ribbon at the memorial.
The first lady is on a four-day Middle Eastern tour and
will go on to Jordan on Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Clinton has dismissed questions about whether
her latest visit to the Middle East is an attempt to boost
her popularity among Jews in New York.
“I’m here as the first lady of the United States,” she
said this morning, “to further deepen the already strong
bonds between our two countries.”
With reporting from ABCNEWS’ Josh Gerstein and
ABCNEWS.com’s Brian Hartman in Washington and
WABC-TV political reporter Dave Evans in the West
Bank. The Associated Press also contributed to this
report.[/quote]
Typical gutless, cowardly and craven Clintonite...
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!