Hillary Clinton

“Let people defend the positions they’ve taken. And I think that would be good for the Democratic Party. It would be good for the country.”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton spoke on the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party and said people should defend the positions they have taken.

“And either he didn’t believe it or he, it’s horrible to say, he wanted to see what they could plan so that then he could come down hard, and it would enhance his position.”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton speculated that Netanyahu either did not believe the UAE warning or wanted to let Hamas act to enhance his political position.

“There should be no impunity for that kind of violence. It is not just about the death and destruction of the Palestinians, their property and all the rest of it. Anytime you let people have that level of violence in a society that you don’t stop, that creeps into the whole society.”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton said a new prime minister should crack down on settler violence in the West Bank and that impunity for such violence creeps into society.

“And it’s also very dangerous to Israel. So yeah, I think let’s see what they vote for and see whether we can’t, you know, figure out how to have a new approach with a new government.”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton said she hoped to see a new approach with a new Israeli government depending on how Israelis vote.

“I have said repeatedly, I love Israel and I hate Netanyahu’s government and his policies. I love America, and I hate Trump’s government and policies. I think it’s bad, in the first case for Israel, what’s happening, and I think it’s really bad for the United States, what’s happening,”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton said during an interview on MS NOW's Morning Joe that she loved Israel and America but hated the governments of Netanyahu and Trump.

“So it’s unfair, bad and wrong for the Palestinians,”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton said settler violence is unfair, bad, and wrong for the Palestinians.

“This was a failure of protecting the people of Israel. He’s been told what was going to happen. So if the Israelis want to vote for that again, then I think the United States has to take a very tough position.”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton said the United States should take a very tough position if Israelis vote for Netanyahu again.

“Let them get out of the sloganeering and into the legislating and results-oriented impact,”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton urged Democrats to move beyond sloganeering into legislating and results-oriented impact.

“I don’t know what his thinking was, but the bottom line, talk about a failure of imagination. This was a failure of leadership,”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton called Netanyahu's handling of the warning a failure of leadership.

“I think we’ve got to be very clear, the messages we send, hopefully the Israeli people, especially after this bombshell that came out in the Israeli press, where Netanyahu had been literally called by Sheikh Mohammed, MBZ, from UAE, and warned that Hamas was planning something,”

Hillary Clinton · said 2026-09-10 · reported 2026-09-10

Clinton discussed a report in the Israeli press that UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed had warned Netanyahu about Hamas planning an attack.