In another international gaff, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told children in a televised interview on Ali-Soutak, a Palestinian Authority (PA) TV station, that she hopes to “connect up our two countries,” clearly referring to the PA and the U.S. There is only one problem with this well intentioned statement: There is, and never was a country called “Palestine”.
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(Israel NN) The Secretary was interviewed by a teenage girl and boy, each of whom asked her questions. One of Clinton’s first subtle references to the PA as already carrying the status of an independent nation came in response to one of the first questions asked by the girl:
Girl Host:
“The access program is an exchange program funded by the American government. What role do such programs play in bridging the gap between cultures and what can be done to make them 2-way exchange programs?”
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:
“I am hoping to play a big role in working to connect the Palestinian people and American people more closely. As you know, we have many Palestinian Americans, we have very successful Palestinians in every walk of life; in business, in academia, you name it, in every walk of life. And I want to do more to connect up our two countries.“Our people, having the Palestinian people feel that they have a better understanding of the United States and having the American people feel like they have a better understanding of the Palestinian people.”
Another question asked by the girl, in which Clinton urged PA teens never to give up on the dream of establishing a new Arab country within Israel’s current borders…
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