"While many people are surprised at Hillary Clinton's new outlook on Israel, and "who the real Hillary Clinton is", I am not surprised, whatsoever. She is not conveying her own position, but a position of her boss - president Obama. This is just Hillary's new role." - Boris Tiraspolsky
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Hillary Clinton Hammers Israel – And I Am "Shocked!" by Daniel Pipes
One of the most famous and most quoted lines from the movies is from
Casablanca (1942), when
Captain Renault enters Rick's Café, sees the card players, and announces, "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!" – just before he takes his bribe to assure that the gambling continues.
Continued...
In a similar vein, I am "shocked!" to find that the new secretary of state is not the fan of Israel she appeared to be when senator from New York state. Nor am I alone, according to a
CBS report by Marcia Kramer:
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.
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 back in February 2000. 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," said Mortimer Zuckerman, publisher of the New York Daily News and member of the NYC Jewish Community Relations Council.
"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."
Comment: It only stands to reason that if Hillary Clinton "re-thought" her outlook on becoming senator, she would "re-think" it again on becoming secretary of state. And we knew Barack Obama's views on Israel. So, where exactly is the surprise?
Hillary Clinton Hammers Israel – And I Am "Shocked!" - Daniel Pipes Blog Comment by Rush Limbaugh: What's the big mystery? She has adopted totally the Obama foreign policy of pro-Hamas, whatever is going on in Gaza. I mean, it's not a mystery at all. If you add further to this, take a look at who it is that's donated to the Clinton Library and Massage Parlor: African, Middle East donors to Clinton's foundation. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ten million to $25 million, Sheikh Mohammed H. al-Amoudi, Ethiopian-born Saudi businessman, between $15 and $25 million, Nasser al-Rashid, between $15 and $25 million, Gilbert Chagoury, Lebanese Christian businessman, and Dubai Foundation, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, all these guys between $15 and $25 million. There are four pages of other donors in smaller amounts down to $250 to $500,000, $500,000 to a million, but the top bracket here is ten million to $25 million, one million to five million. What in the world? Sometimes you want to beat your head against the wall. Sometimes I want to beat my head against the wall when it's so obvious, in the case of the Clintons, that they can fool so many people about their support for Israel. Now she's secretary of state, fully in line with the Obama policy of $900 million to Hamas, supposedly for the victims of the Israeli bombs in Gaza. It's $900 million to Hamas! Hillary's all for it. Dov Hikind, who is an assemblyman in New York, had this to say about secretary of state Hillary.
