American Jewish Congress extends shameful support to Hillary Clinton

The American Jewish Congress’ plan to honor Hillary Clinton at Cipriani, a treif restaurant in Manhattan, is a de facto endorsement of Clinton’s presidential candidacy and a clear example of AJC head Jack Rosen’s determination to exploit the AJC to further progressive political causes.

Ms. Clinton, who designed many of President Obama’s anti-Israel policies, has displayed a loathing for the Jewish State her entire public life (except for the eight years she was Senator from New York when she needed the Jewish vote).

As Secretary of State, she first demanded the “settlement” freeze in 2009 and was quickly backed up by Obama. What she perceived as a minor concession was for Israel a grave sacrifice. compounded by the administration’s inclusion of Jerusalem in the mix and by its constant public berating of the Jewish State.

The Palestinians seized upon the Clinton-created settlement issue, making a freeze a precondition to further talks even though negotiations and construction had been going on simultaneously before Obama became president.

In August 2009, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a ten-month “settlement” freeze. It was approved and implemented on Nov. 25, 2009 and ran until Sept. 25, 2010. Despite pressure from the United States, the Palestinians wasted the first nine-pus months of the freeze and would not come to the negotiation table till September 2010, three weeks before the freeze ended.

As the end of the construction halt approached, the U.S. asked Israel to extend the freeze. As Israel waited for a letter clarifying America’s guarantees in exchange for a proposed building ban for Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, a diplomatic source came forward saying that no such letter was forthcoming. The source, a senior diplomat with inside knowledge of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meetings in Washington, said Clinton made commitments during talks with Netanyahu, but later slipped out of them by claiming that she had not been speaking on behalf of President Obama — who, she said in the end, did not give his approval.