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.<\/p>\n
Washington Post<\/a>: <\/p>\n In a conference call Thursday with more than 500 American rabbis and Jewish leaders, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton emphasized her commitment to Israel \u2014 as well as the fact that both she and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu love the musical “Hamilton.”<\/p>\n Could the Broadway hit help foster Mideast peace? Most likely, not. But no one can question the two politicians\u2019 sincere interest. Clinton\u2019s seen it three times, she said according to one of the call\u2019s participants. And on Sunday \u2014 the same day Netanyahu met separately with Clinton and GOP nominee Donald Trump \u2014 the prime minister stopped by the Strand bookstore to purchase Ron Chernow\u2019s biography of the nation\u2019s first Treasury secretary.<\/p>\n According to a Clinton campaign aide, Clinton joined a call with Director of Jewish Outreach Sarah Bard and Rabbi Julie Schonfeld \u201cto wish the community \u2018Shana Tovah\u2019 and thank them for the work they have been doing on the ground to organize their communities.\u201d The call came 48 hours before the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.<\/p>\n 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 \u201clike listening to a psalm,\u201d Clinton said, according to one participant.<\/p>\n The former secretary of state also said she and Netanyahu discussed her commitment to Israel\u2019s security, to continue working for peace, and to protecting Israel from delegitimization in international arenas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n How stupid does this newspaper think people are?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. Washington … Continue reading