At AIPAC, Clinton Swats Trump, Moves to Obama’s Right

If elected, she promises full support for Israel and an early-term meeting with its PM.


By Gabrielle Levy
March 21, 2016, at 1:48 p.m.
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Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton began a full-throated appeal to a general election audience Monday in a speech before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, touting her foreign policy experience and comfortably promoting a pro-Israel stance more frequently occupied by Republicans..

Greeted warmly by the crowd, an audibly fatigued Clinton took a swing at Republican front-runner Donald Trump, declaring Israel needs “a president with steady hands, not one who’s pro-Israel on Monday, neutral on Tuesday and who-knows-what on Wednesday.”

Yet she also put daylight between herself and President Barack Obama’s policies, promising to renew an “unwavering, unshakable commitment” to the U.S.-Israel alliance and pledged unconditional support of Israel’s security.

“One of the first things I will do in office is invite the Israeli prime minister to visit the White House, and I will send a delegation from the Pentagon and the Joint Chiefs for early consultation,” she said, to a standing ovation.

Obama, who has had a frequently rocky relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, contentious relationship and has at times sparred openly with him, has in the past received mixed reactions from the AIPAC attendees and is skipping the conference this year in lieu of a trip to Cuba, sending Vice President Joe Biden instead.

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