First lady says embassy should move to Jerusalem
Saturday, 29 July 2000 18:06 (ET)
NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) -- First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,
running for the U.S. Senate in New York, said Saturday she blamed
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for the lack of progress in the
Camp David peace talks and that she favors moving the U.S.
embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
"It's clear that (Israeli) Prime Minister (Ehud) Barak came
committed to reaching a deal that would guarantee peace and
security for Israel and the entire region, and I'm sorry that
Chairman Arafat didn't show the same commitment," Clinton said in
a radio interview with WCBS-AM. "Now, I am pleased the talks are
going to resume again. But, this is a historic moment, and it's
time that Chairman Arafat step forward and conclusively
demonstrate his willingness to forge a real, lasting peace
agreement."
Clinton, the Democratic candidate for the seat being vacated by
Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, also said for the first time, she
favored moving the U.S. embassy by the end of year. "I am
pleased that the president has announced he'll review the
decision about moving our embassy to Jerusalem," said Clinton.
"That's absolutely the right thing to do. But I'd like to see
that move be made before the end of the year."
Hillary Clinton is seeking Jewish support -- about 11-14 percent
of the electorate in New York is Jewish -- in her bid for the
Senate.
Some Jewish leaders in New York have called Hillary Clinton
"horrible" on Jewish issues. Her initial call for a Palestinian
state and her kiss of Arafat's wife have left some Jews wary of
the first lady, and she currently has 25 percent less Jewish
support than other successful Democratic candidates have had.
Her Senate opponent, Republican Rick Lazio, said that Clinton's
statement on the embassy is "another flip-flop of the first lady
who said nine months ago she could not support moving the
embassy."
"I support a united and undivided Jerusalem," said Lazio. "I
have repeatedly called for and voted for placing the U.S. embassy
in the eternal city of Israel -- Jerusalem."
"At the start of the listening tour last year Hillary made it
very clear that she supported moving the U.S. embassy to Israel,"
said Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson, who claimed Lazio
has his facts wrong.
The Washington Times wrote a years ago about a Clinton speech
that she supported moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
and vowed that the United States will always stand behind the
Jewish state "We all look forward to the day when Jerusalem will
be home to the embassy of the United States and all other
nations," Clinton was quoted as saying.
The United States and many other countries have retained their
embassies in Tel Aviv while Jerusalem's status remained
unresolved, however, moving the U.S. embassy would be considered
a major victory by Jews around the world.
According to a report in The New York Times, Barak lost his
majority in Parliament when three parties left his coalition to
protest the 14-day Middle East Summit at Camp David that broke
down last week, and the Israeli prime minister, who faces a
no-confidence vote on Monday, asked President Bill Clinton for
his help.
In a half-hour television interview telecast in Israel Saturday,
where the president spoke favorably about Barak, Bill Clinton
introduced the moving of the embassy himself in response to a
question.
"You know, I have always wanted to move our embassy to West
Jerusalem. We have a designated site there," said President
Clinton. "I have not done so because I didn't want to do anything
to undermine our ability to help broker a secure and fair and
lasting peace for Israelis and for Palestinians."
The U.S. Congress has called for moving the embassy for the past
several years, but the Clinton administration had said the Middle
East peace process was its top priority; however, the president
said he will make a decision on moving the embassy by the end of
this year.
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