No. Different groups have different interests. Shared love of a Broadway musical won’t bring Arabs and Jews together. As long as there is a Jewish state in their midst, Arabs will hate it because its prosperity shows them up.
In a conference call Thursday with more than 500 American rabbis and Jewish leaders, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton emphasized her commitment to Israel — as well as the fact that both she and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu love the musical “Hamilton.”
Could the Broadway hit help foster Mideast peace? Most likely, not. But no one can question the two politicians’ sincere interest. Clinton’s seen it three times, she said according to one of the call’s participants. And on Sunday — the same day Netanyahu met separately with Clinton and GOP nominee Donald Trump — the prime minister stopped by the Strand bookstore to purchase Ron Chernow’s biography of the nation’s first Treasury secretary.
According to a Clinton campaign aide, Clinton joined a call with Director of Jewish Outreach Sarah Bard and Rabbi Julie Schonfeld “to wish the community ‘Shana Tovah’ and thank them for the work they have been doing on the ground to organize their communities.” The call came 48 hours before the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Clinton spoke of her deep appreciation for the late Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres, at whose funeral her husband will speak on Friday. Listening to Peres was “like listening to a psalm,” Clinton said, according to one participant.
The former secretary of state also said she and Netanyahu discussed her commitment to Israel’s security, to continue working for peace, and to protecting Israel from delegitimization in international arenas.
How stupid does this newspaper think people are?
