1) SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY) DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE From: Washington Transcript Service Date: May 24, 2005

2) Hillary Has Jewish Family Ties: (An Extract from an article in Daily Muslim of Canada) August 8, 1999, The New York based Forward Magazine

3) Israel's Leader Highly Praises Hillary Clinton

November 22, 1999

4) Mrs. Clinton Says She Will Return Money Raised by a Muslim Group October 26, 2000

Thank you Khan sahab. Very informative, fresh and
revealing,not known to many. This is a real service to
community.
Could you kindly let us know about Hillary and
Israel? A.R.Siddiqi.
--- Hussain Khan, Tokyo <786@muslimrevival.com> wrote:

> Anti-Israeli Credentials Of Obama-----2 Jewish
> Reports

I am reproducing four reports below about this matter.

Hussain Khan

U.S. SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY)U.S. SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY) DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

From: Washington Transcript Service Date: May 24, 2005

SPEAKER: U.S. SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY)
[*] (EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH)
CLINTON: Welcome to Washington for this extraordinary AIPAC
conference. I'm told that the attendance far surpasses any other conference,
and it's always been one of the biggest gatherings that Washington hosts
every year.
So I congratulate you for being here in these numbers with this
energy and enthusiasm.
(APPLAUSE)
As you know better than most, events in the Middle East are
absolutely critical to our hope for a safer, more secure world, a world
in which every nation is free from the threat of global terrorism.
And a strong, lasting relationship between the United States and
Israel is essential to our efforts to build that world of peace and security.

First, no matter what one thinks about events that have unfolded
in Iraq, there is no doubt that the American military has performed admirably,
with professionalism, and that every young man and woman who wears the
uniform of our country deserves our support, whether they be active duty,
Guard or Reserve troops.
(APPLAUSE)
CLINTON: We must also demand that President Abbas dismantle the
structures of terror that the Palestinian leadership has employed for so
long.
(APPLAUSE)
In a democracy, even a fledgling democracy, leaders must be held
accountable. And President Abbas must be held accountable for the actions
taking place under his leadership.
(APPLAUSE)
I know that you are asking your senators and representatives to
sign on to a letter to President Bush about this, and I'm proud to support
these efforts, because...
(APPLAUSE)
... there can be no doubt that, as Israel and its democratic
government take these steps, and we support them, there has to be reciprocity
on the other side as well.
And making progress toward peace and security also requires the
end of the barrage of hate and incitement that is still officially sanctioned
by the Palestinian Authority.
(APPLAUSE)
Now, I was relieved to learn, this week, that the Palestinian
Authority removed "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" from its Web site.

(APPLAUSE)
Reportedly, it had been included on the Web site under the
heading, "History of Zionism." But what was it doing there in the first
place, even though we are relieved that it is no longer there?
(APPLAUSE)
We must continue to be vigilant about monitoring hate and
incitement and anti-Semitism, not only by the Palestinian Authority, but
throughout the Arab world.
Saudi textbooks characterize Jews as wicked. Iranian news
reports, obviously representing the opinion of their government, have lent
credence to Holocaust deniers.
CLINTON: This is an issue that all of us need to be concerned
about. And five years ago, I stood with my friend, Eli Weisel, to denounce
this incitement, this violence, this anti-Semitism, in Palestinian textbooks.

And I've been working on this issue because, to me, it is one of
those basic issues that -- how do we expect to have a democratically elected
Palestinian government if their textbooks are still preaching such hatred
and if we allow this...
(APPLAUSE)
... dehumanizing rhetoric to go unchallenged? Because what is
happening is, young minds are being infected with this anti-Semitism. And.............
................... Using children as pawns in a political process is tantamount to
child abuse, and we must say, "It has to end now."
(APPLAUSE)
CLINTON: ...........So let us be unequivocally clear: A nuclear-armed Iran is
unacceptable, but it is not just unacceptable to Israel and to the United
States. It must be unacceptable to the entire world, starting with the
European governments and people.
(APPLAUSE)
Now, one of the terrorist groups that Iran supports is Hezbollah.
And we know that Hezbollah poses a direct and dire risk to the stability
of the Middle East. Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon, which is very good
news for the Lebanese people, also creates an opportunity for Hezbollah
to wreck havoc.
So we need to remain vigilant about the terrorist threat and work
to stop the flow of support to Hezbollah from Syria and Iran. And we need
to convince our European allies of Hezbollah's threat to order in the region
and to the civilized world, and convince them to designate Hezbollah as
a terrorist organization.

Hillary Has Jewish Family Ties

In the August 8, 1999, The New York based Forward Magazine published a story with title "Hillary Clinton's Jewish Family Ties"・and disclosed some distant Jewish family ties of Hillary Clinton. According to the story, Hillary's grandmother, ne'e Della Murray of Aurora, IL , married a Russian-born Jew, Max Rosenberg, in the 1930s. They had one child, a girl.

"Jews will now feel that she's almost one of their own. It will make it easier for Jews to connect with her," a New York political consultant, Hank Sheinkopf, a Democrat, told the Forward magazine. "People will feel that she's more like them and they'll be more likely to listen to what she has to say."

But Mr. Sheinkopf cautioned that "professional Hillary-haters will say, 'why didn't she tell us sooner,' but it won't matter. It will help her with the Jewish voters immensely. The overall impact will be favorable."

Now these "distant" Jewish family root and blood is now a matter of pride for Mrs. Clinton.

On December 11, 2005 Hilarry Clinton was awarded as "Honorary Jew" by Yeshiva University. Yeshiva UniversityNew York. Yeshiva's president, Richard Joel, and seven trustees escorted New York 's senator to the podium, surrounding her in a sea of caps and gowns, regaling her with ceremonial pomp. presented Hillary Clinton with an honorary degree. Commemorating Yeshiva's 81st annual Hanukkah convocation, a 700-strong crowd of students, alumni, and friends assembled in a gilded ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in midtown, New York .

Joel touted Clinton 's achievements, singling out not only her "political leadership" on Capitol Hill, but also her "commitment to peace and security for the Jewish homeland." He handed her a diploma and told her, "You are a strong advocate for religious freedom, and in so many ways an inspiration."

"Among Jewish leaders, you'd have to search far and wide to find anyone who claims Clinton isn't a friend of Israel ,"・writes Kristen Lombardi in the village voice.

He writes "Now, when people think about Clinton and Israel , they think about her latest trip there, journey the senator made sure to emphasize at the Yeshiva event. She spent most of her 30-minute speech recounting her three-day visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv last November, focusing more on the personal than the political. She talked about gaining appreciation for the threat of suicide bombs in Israel when she took in the 425-mile security fence with her own eyes, and when she listened to the parents of a volunteer medic who had died in a terrorist attack."

She praised the "deep and lasting" bonds between Israel and the United States and called Israel a "beacon of what democracy means." Her performance was enough to leave the room bewitched. People rushed to Clinton to snap her picture and offer congratulations. As the senator exited, one woman stopped her cold, leaned in, and whispered, "You did great! You said all the right things."

November 22, 1999

Israel's Leader Highly Praises Hillary Clinton

By AMY WALDMAN

Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel offered an unprompted defense of Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday, telling a group of American Jewish leaders in New York that her recent trip to the Middle East had been ''highly successful'' and had advanced the peace process.

Mrs. Clinton had been criticized by some Jewish groups in the United States for her handling of the trip, particularly for sitting silently during a visit to the West Bank while Suha Arafat, the wife of the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, accused Israel of using toxic gas in the region.

Mr. Barak's comments came as he answered questions after a speech at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel to an audience at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the largest umbrella organization of American Jewish groups. Mr. Barak volunteered that he had read ''a lot of criticism'' about Mrs. Clinton in the aftermath of her visit to the West Bank. He wanted to make clear, he said, that her trip to the Middle East was ''a highly successful, highly moving visit.''

''I believe the first lady's visit to Israel contributed to the peace process in spite of this incident,'' he said, and added, ''May I tell you frankly as prime minister of Israel that myself and all my successors will always wish to have two such friends as the Clintons in the White House.''

October 26, 2000

Mrs. Clinton Says She Will Return Money Raised by a Muslim Group

By DEAN E. MURPHY

Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that she would return $50,000 in political contributions received at a fund-raising event sponsored by a Muslim organization based in California.

Mrs. Clinton said she was offended by remarks attributed to members of the organization, the American Muslim Alliance. The group's president has been quoted as defending a United Nations resolution that he said allowed for the use of armed force by Palestinians against Israel, while other members have been accused of making anti-Semitic remarks.

Mrs. Clinton's decision to return the money, as well as $1,000 from an official of another American Muslim group, the American Muslim Council, puzzled leaders of both Muslim organizations. The groups acknowledge that they have some members with extreme views on Israel, but say that they are mainstream and oppose terrorism. Officials in the groups yesterday took issue with the characterizations of the remarks.

Members of the groups contribute to Republicans and Democrats alike, and have been courted by various politicians, including Gov. George W. Bush of Texas. He recently met with the American Muslim Council in Michigan, which has a sizable Arab-American population, and received its backing. The council also says it considers Senator Joseph I. Lieberman a friend, and it gave him an award a few years ago.

The Bush campaign said yesterday it would return $1,000 that had been donated by Abdurahman Alamoudi, a board member of the American Muslim Council, who was quoted in interviews as supporting the radical Islamic group Hamas.

The fund-raising disclosures, first reported yesterday in The Daily News, thrust Middle East politics into the center of the close New York Senate race and set off a daylong exchange of denunciations between the campaigns, which have been wooing Jewish voters. Mrs. Clinton's opponent, Representative Rick A. Lazio, called the donations ''blood money.''

Rallying to Mrs. Clinton's defense were prominent New York Jews, including former Mayor Edward I. Koch and Senator Charles E. Schumer. The first lady's campaign staff also released a television commercial showing Representative Nita M. Lowey in support of Mrs. Clinton.

At a news conference in Queens, Mrs. Clinton announced that she would return the money. ''The statements that are attributed to the organization and some of its members are offensive and outrageous,'' she said. ''I don't want anyone to be under a misimpression. I don't want anyone to have a false idea about what I believed was the case, so I am going to return all of the money.''

Mrs. Clinton also said she would return $1,000 to Mr. Alamoudi of the American Muslim Council. She said she did not know that the fund-raising event, which was held in Boston in June, had been sponsored by the American Muslim Alliance even though she was photographed at the event accepting a plaque from the chairman of the group's Massachusetts chapter.

The two Muslim groups belong to the larger American Muslim Political Coordination Council Political Action Committee, which endorsed Mr. Bush at a news conference in Washington on Monday. Tahir Ali, the Massachusetts chairman of the American Muslim Alliance, said he had held fund-raisers for both Democrats and Republicans, including Gov. Paul Cellucci of Massachusetts.

Dr. Yahya Mossa-Basha, a radiologist in Michigan who is president of the American Muslim Council, said he had met twice with Mr. Bush -- once last month -- and once with Vice President Al Gore, Tipper Gore and Hadassah Lieberman. He said he had recently had discussions with the Gore campaign about meeting the vice president this Sunday, but no date had been set. He also said he was invited to a Lazio fund-raising event attended by Mr. Lazio last August in Michigan, but decided not to attend. The Lazio campaign said it did not invite Mr. Mossa-Basha, but said it did not know if a Lazio supporter had invited him.

Faroque Khan, the chairman of the American Muslim Alliance's New York chapter, based on Long Island, said members had contributed to Mr. Lazio's Congressional campaigns over the years. He gave $300 to the election campaign of Gov. George E. Pataki in 1994.

''If someone returns a gift, you feel hurt,'' said Mr. Ali, the Massachusetts chairman of the alliance and a software engineer in Westborough, Mass. ''But I mostly feel sorry for the first lady that she has been put in this position that she feels it will hurt to take our gift. So much for the Jewish community lobby. They are trying to intimidate her.''

Agha Saeed, president of the alliance and a professor of political science, said his remarks had been distorted. He acknowledged that he had spoken publicly about armed resistance by the Palestinians, but he said it was always in the context of a United Nations resolution that he said gave the Palestinians the right to resist oppression by all means. And he said he always made it clear that he supported a peaceful settlement in the Middle East. (Mr. Saeed said the resolution was passed in the 1980's, but was unable to provide other details.)

''I support the peace process,'' Mr. Saeed said. ''But people living in this country who are citizens have the right to criticize the Israelis. I insist upon having that right. If they kill people, we are going to criticize them.''

Mr. Alamoudi, whose $1,000 contributions are to be returned by the Clinton and Bush campaigns, was out of the country and could not be reached for comment, Mr. Mossa-Basha said. But Mr. Mossa-Basha said that as an organization, the council is clear about Hamas and violence in the Middle East.

''I think that all the time we are against violence and terrorism,'' he said. Hamas ''is an overseas issue and that is an issue of dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians.'' He added, ''We do not want to get in the middle of it.''

Mrs. Clinton implied that the Daily News article was prompted by the Republicans, suggesting that they would be eager to associate a prominent Democrat with the Muslim organizations at the time the groups were endorsing Mr. Bush. The Daily News, however, referred to research by Steven Emerson, who identified himself as a freelance journalist preparing a magazine article on terrorism; he became well known when he initially strongly suggested that the Oklahoma City bombing was the work of Arab terrorists. Mr. Emerson, who attended Mrs. Clinton's news conference, said Republicans and Democrats were both willing to associate with groups that he considered sympathetic to terrorists or aligned with them.

In materials he made available to reporters, he accused the American Muslim Alliance of disseminating ''anti-Semitic tracts'' and said a Texas member had questioned the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz.

Mr. Saeed, president of the alliance, which is based in Fremont, Calif., said that Mr. Emerson had misquoted members and taken their statements out of context.

Just a few months ago, when the peace process in the Middle East was less slippery, the issue of donations from a Muslim-American organization would have carried less significance among Jewish voters.

''We have 13 days left in this election; fasten your seat belts,'' Mrs. Clinton said. ''This is just the beginning. You have no idea what is going to be thrown at me. It is going to be everything including the kitchen sink.''

While distancing herself from the groups that contributed the money, she defended her larger efforts to encourage a dialogue between Jews and Muslims about the Middle East.

''Over the course of the last seven years, as part of the administration's efforts to open lines of communication and build bridges with Muslim-American and Muslim leaders from all over the world, many, many people have been invited to the White House,'' she said. ''They were part of the effort taken by this administration to help facilitate the peace negotiations that all of us hoped would achieve a comprehensive peace agreement.''

Correction: October 28, 2000, Saturday A front-page article on Thursday about Hillary Rodham Clinton's plans to return some political contributions, including one from a board member of the American Muslim Council, gave a misspelled name in some copies for Senator Joseph I. Lieberman's wife, who was in a group that the council president told of having met. She is Hadassah Lieberman, not Haddasah.

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