By Sharon Zhang
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The previous secretary of state spoke at a convention organized by a far proper Israeli paper run by a Trump megadonor.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has claimed that the ignorance of younger folks and their consumption of content material on social media is accountable for their opposition to Israel and its genocide in Gaza, blaming “made up” propaganda on Tuesday whereas talking at a convention held by a far proper Israeli publication.
In remarks on Tuesday, Clinton mentioned that the feelings amongst younger folks following the October 7, 2023, assault are a “significant issue for democracy” in Israel and the U.S. alike, and lamented that Israel has the “worst PR of any group.”
Instantly following the assault, as Israel dedicated genocide in opposition to Palestinians in Gaza, there was an “organized effort” to unfold anti-Israel sentiment, Clinton mentioned — maybe ignoring Israel’s documented, multi-million greenback propaganda marketing campaign organized with main firms and the United States authorities.
Talking of scholars she taught and engaged with at Columbia College, she mentioned “it was very tough” to debate the difficulty “as a result of they didn’t know historical past.”
“That they had little or no context. And what they have been being instructed on social media was not simply one-sided, it was pure propaganda,” Clinton mentioned, later including that many are watching “quick type movies, a few of them completely made up.”
These wishing to focus on folks with Israeli PR ought to goal younger folks, Clinton mentioned. “It’s not simply the same old suspects. It’s quite a lot of younger Jewish Individuals who don’t know the historical past, and don’t perceive.”
Clinton delivered her remarks in a New York Metropolis summit placed on by the far proper Israeli publication Israel Hayom, whose writer is Donald Trump megadonor Miriam Adelson. Different audio system included figures like Trump’s ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz.
Clinton has a lengthy historical past of taking motion to violate Palestinians’ humanity and human rights and repress these within the U.S. who communicate out for Palestinian rights. As a senator, she backed quite a few items of laws looking for to additional entrench Israel’s occupation of Palestine, together with a decision opposing supposed “Terrorism” by Palestinians handed in 2006. That very same yr, she praised Israel’s bombardments of Lebanon and Gaza, which collectively killed over a thousand civilians and deepened Israeli management within the areas.
As secretary of state underneath Barack Obama, she helped to implement his coverage of “no daylight” between Israel and the U.S. And in 2015, amid her failed presidential run, she wrote a letter to AIPAC megadonor Haim Saban condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) motion and looking for his recommendation on the way to “make countering BDS a precedence.” Then, in 2016, she gave a speech to AIPAC touting her strikes to “deepen America’s ties with Israel.”
Clinton’s assertions a few “generational divide” on Palestine are deceptive at greatest. Whereas polls present that younger persons are probably to facet with Palestinians and specific detrimental views of Israel and its actions in Gaza, polling has discovered that each demographic has shifted in opposition to Israel for the reason that genocide started. This has led to report lows in Israel’s favorability amongst Individuals.
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