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Haim Saban with Hillary Clinton.<br />

(Photo by Natasha Mozgovaya <strong>of</strong> Haaretz).<br />

She called Saban "a friend, a colleague, a mentor, an inspiration to so<br />

many <strong>of</strong> us here tonight" and from start to finish Clinton took Israel's side<br />

in <strong>the</strong> conflict. She accused Iran <strong>of</strong> fostering global terrorism "insinuating"<br />

itself into countries around <strong>the</strong> world, chastised Palestinians for not<br />

accepting Partition in 1947, and suggested that Palestinians should be<br />

content with a mini-state in Palestinian-controlled areas <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> West Bank<br />

and not Gaza.<br />

Clinton gave shoutouts to John Kerry and Eric Schmidt <strong>of</strong> Google,<br />

and praised Israeli ambassador Michael Oren, Israeli Defense Minister<br />

Ehud Barak and Israel promoter David Makovsky, and took questions<br />

from (according to <strong>the</strong> transcript) an unbalanced roster, Makovsky, Israeli<br />

journalist Ilana <strong>Day</strong>an and settler activist Dani <strong>Day</strong>an.<br />

Here are some excerpts from her one-sided remarks:<br />

America and Israel are in it toge<strong>the</strong>r. This is a friendship that comes<br />

naturally to us. Americans honor Israel as a homeland dreamed <strong>of</strong> for<br />

generations and finally achieved by pioneering men and women in my<br />

lifetime. We share bedrock beliefs in freedom, equality, democracy, and<br />

<strong>the</strong> right to live without fear. What threatens Israel threatens America, and<br />

what streng<strong>the</strong>ns Israel streng<strong>the</strong>ns us...<br />

Our shared obsession with innovation is also bringing us closer<br />

toge<strong>the</strong>r. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt recently called Israel<br />

“<strong>the</strong> most important high tech center in <strong>the</strong> world, after <strong>the</strong> United States.”<br />

So it is no surprise that our diplomatic challenge is not only about a

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