Hillary Clinton Is NOT Happy: Israel “Insulted” The U.S.

Secretary Of State Clinton Hillary Clinton is not happy with Israel. Earlier this week, during Vice President Joe Biden‘s trip there, Israel made a surprise, seriously ill-timed announcement of a 1,600 home development project to be built in a disputed part of East Jerusalem. The U.S. was not pleased (to put it mildly) and Clinton apparently said as much in a phone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier today, and later elaborated in an interview with CNN.

Clinton prefaced her remarks by saying that the U.S. enjoys a “durable, strong,” relationship with the U.S. that is “rooted in common values” but then became quite stern. She is not amused.

We have to make clear to our Israeli friend and partner that the Two State Solution, which we support, which the Prime Minister himself has said he supports, requires confidence building measure on both sides and the announcement of the settlements, the very day the Vice President was there, was insulting, it was really a very unfortunate and difficult moment for everyone.

Clinton doesn’t go so far as to accuse Netanyahu of knowing about the announcement in advance, but she seems to be a bit surprised that he didn’t. Video below.

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