Bill Clinton claims Israeli leaders ‘don’t care’ for Mideast peace, says Kamala Harris ‘can’t have’ plan to end war

GREENSBURG, Pa. – Former President Bill Clinton claimed Tuesday that Israeli leaders “don’t attraction anymore” astir bid betwixt nan Jewish State and Palestinians and said Vice President Kamala Harris “can’t have” a scheme to extremity nan warfare successful nan Middle East. 

Clinton, 78, was stumping for Harris successful Western Pennsylvania erstwhile an anti-Israel protester interrupted his remarks, demanding an reply from him connected what nan vice president would do to extremity “the genocide” successful Gaza and extremity US subject support for Israel. 

“That’s a adjacent question,” nan 42nd president responded, earlier going connected a 15-minute-long sermon astir really he fell short of negotiating a bid woody betwixt Israel and nan Palestinian Liberation Organization successful 2000. 

Bill Clinton was campaigning for Kamala Harris successful Western Pennsylvania connected Tuesday. Caleb McCartney

When nan keffiyeh-wearing protester interrupted nan rambling ex-president again, charging that nan mostly of nan Palestinian children being killed successful nan existent conflict are not “because of Hamas,” Clinton responded, “I work together pinch immoderate of what you conscionable said.” 

“But fto maine punctual you, everybody is assuming that Israel should person conscionable been opinionated location wherever they were 20 years ago,” he said, referring to nan adjacent bid woody betwixt erstwhile Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and nan precocious PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat

“Israel changed dramatically,” Clinton argued. “And now nan group who person been going successful – they don’t attraction anymore, of this directly.” 

“So we’re going to person to build it again,” he added. “That’s each I tin show you.”

The erstwhile president signaled his support for a two-state solution, an attack that has been favored by nan Harris-Biden administration.  

“I deliberation nan Palestinians are entitled to a homeland,” Clinton said. “I deliberation what’s happened successful nan West Bank is wrong, but Hamas ever had a different ideology.”

He besides claimed that nan “far right-wingers successful Israeli politics” were “happy erstwhile Hamas won nan election” because nan panic group “historically has had very fewer group who favored a 2 authorities solution.”

Clinton admitted to nan 250 group astatine nan arena that Harris, 60, has nary scheme for bid successful nan Middle East but that Pennsylvanians should backmost her because she is nan “most fair-minded” of nan candidates.  

“The logic you should support Kamala Harris is not because she has a elaborate scheme – and she can’t person one,” Clinton declared. 

“This point was shattered successful a cardinal pieces,” he lamented. 

“If I were there, I couldn’t get what I wanted,” Clinton continued, calling lasting bid successful nan region “the hardest point successful nan world.” 

“I deliberation we work together connected this,” nan Harris surrogate told nan protester earlier ending nan backmost and forth, “We can’t termination our measurement retired of this.”

Clinton declared that Harris ‘can’t have’ a scheme for bid successful nan Middle East. Caleb McCartney

Lipika Mazumdar, an anthropology professor astatine nan University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg and registered independent, attended nan arena and told The Post that she appreciated Clinton’s reside and nan measurement he handled nan protester’s questions. 

“At first I thought he was conscionable defending Israel,” Mazumdar said, noting that Clinton past based on successful favour of Palestinians having a abstracted authorities and that voters will person to determine connected characteristic because nan problem successful nan region is intractable.

“There’s cipher who tin reply that lady’s question, what Harris will do astir it,” she told The Post, explaining that Harris will  “hear some Israeli and Palestinian sides alternatively of catering to Israel’s right.”

Mazumdar said she was almost going to ballot uncommitted successful Pennsylvania but came astir to Harris for nan reasons Clinton laid out. 

“You person to take nan character. She’s going to do much embracing and proceeding each party’s concerns and including, which Trump will not.”