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ericson00

(2,707 posts)
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:42 AM Oct 2016

Clinton camp acknowledged difficulty of discussing Israel with 'Democratic activists'

http://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Clinton-camp-acknowledged-difficulty-of-discussing-Israel-with-Democratic-activists-470349

The very mention of Israel at Hillary Clinton’s initial campaign events for president was controversial among her aides, who feared it might stir unwanted controversy with her party base, according to internal correspondence released by Wikileaks.

The emails, which the Clinton campaign has not confirmed as authentic, featured an exchange between one of Clinton’s top foreign policy advisers, Jake Sullivan, and Robby Mook, her campaign manager, over the wisdom of raising her support for Israel at public events. Sullivan suggested she raise her commitment to Israel to show voters that she is “standing up for our allies and our values.”

Mook disagreed. “We shouldn’t have Israel at public events. Especially ‘dem’ activists,” he wrote.


The anti Israel wing of the Democratic Party is poison and must be excised.


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