Clinton tells Netanyahu she's against UN imposing solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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1. Leaked Clinton email: Facade of peace talks better than nothing

Source: Times of Israel

2015 exchange between Democratic hopeful, top aides reveals skepticism at Netanyahu apologizing for Arabs ‘voting in droves’ remark

White House hopeful Hillary Clinton earlier this year told senior staffers that a facade of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks was preferable to no talks at all, the latest batch of leaked emails released by WikiLeaks showed.

In correspondence dated March 23, 2015, Clinton wrote foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan and campaign chairman John Podesta saying that a “Potemkin process is better than nothing.”

Clinton’s message was a response to an earlier email from Sullivan who sent the presidential candidate a link to a New York Times article about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology for his remarks ahead of Israel’s March 2015 elections that “Arab voters are going in droves to the polls.”

“Unsurprisingly, Pragmatic Bibi makes an appearance,” Sullivan wrote sarcastically in the message.

Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/clinton-in-leaked-email-facade-of-peace-process-better-than-nothing/

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