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Clinton Wants to Improve Ties with Israel
(New York Times) Maggie Haberman - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, on Sunday that she wanted to put the relationship between the U.S. and Israel back on "constructive footing." Mrs. Clinton's comments contrasted in tone from recent remarks by members of the Obama administration, who have publicly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. "Secretary Clinton thinks we need to all work together to return the special U.S.-Israel relationship to constructive footing, to get back to basic shared concerns and interests, including a two-state solution pursued through direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians," Hoenlein said. "We must ensure that Israel never becomes a partisan issue," he quoted her as saying.