Hillary Clinton On Sunday Offered A “Vociferous Defense” Of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah

[Purveyor]

Posted: 08/11/2014

NEW YORK –- Hillary Clinton on Sunday offered a “vociferous defense” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following four weeks of war in Gaza that have left more than 1,900 Palestinians dead.

In an interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, Clinton also echoed Netanyahu's recent claims that journalists didn't tell the full story while reporting in Gaza, an allegation that numerous journalists have disputed.

On Wednesday, Netanyahu said reporters withheld information because of “restrictions and intimidation” from Hamas, the militant faction that controls Gaza and has fired thousands of rockets into Israel. On Thursday, Netanyahu told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he hoped journalists who have left Gaza can now “report the truth.”

Clinton told Goldberg that “what you see on TV is so effectively stage-managed by Hamas, and always has been.”

“What you see is largely what Hamas invites and permits Western journalists to report on from Gaza,” Clinton continued. “It’s the old PR problem that Israel has. Yes, there are substantive, deep levels of antagonism or anti-Semitism towards Israel, because it’s a powerful state, a really effective military. And Hamas paints itself as the defender of the rights of the Palestinians to have their own state. So the PR battle is one that is historically tilted against Israel.”

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/hillary-clinton-journalist-gaza_n_5669100.html

[NYC_SKP]

1. I can scarcely wait to see her lose the primary, though I'd prefer that she not run at all.... nt

[still_one]

2. won't happen

[DJ13]

6. Wecan hope it does

[JI7]

3. this is from a couple weeks ago

[Purveyor]

5. Yes it is as the date it prominently displayed in the first line of text in the post.

Thanks for pointing that out, just the same...

[still_one]

4. so I wonder who some on DU will vote for if she runs and gets the nomination

[BillZBubb]

7. I would assume none of the above would be an option.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. K&R Thanks Purveror.

[xiamiam]

9. why am i not surprised? netanyahu is a disgusting war criminal ...lay down with dogs and..nt

[betterdemsonly]

10. Well you know!

Her advocacy of interventionism is only for progressive reasons. I mean, he only wants to disenfranchise Palestinians for as long as he breaths air rather than eternity.