Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak defended Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was criticized during her recent Mideast trip for sitting silently while Suha Arafat accused Israel of poisoning the Palestinian people. “I believe the first lady’s visit to Israel contributed to the peace process in spite of this incident,” Barak told a gathering of Jewish leaders in New York. Meanwhile, the Republican Jewish Coalition is running television ads in New York attacking Clinton for not quickly denouncing the remarks made by the wife of the Palestinian Authority president.
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