POLITICS

H CLINTON REALIGNS HERSELF WITH ISRAELI RIGHTWING AND APARTHEID

HAARETZ - U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton said Sunday that she supports the
separation fence Israel is building along the edges of the West Bank,
and that the onus is on the Palestinian Authority to fight terrorism.
"This is not against the Palestinian people," Clinton, a New York
Democrat, said during a tour of a section of the barrier being built
around Jerusalem. "This is against the terrorists. The Palestinian
people have to help to prevent terrorism. They have to change the
attitudes about terrorism." Clinton's comments echoed Israel's position
that the Palestinians must crack down on militants or Israel will find
ways to prevent attacks on its citizens. . . Clinton is not slated to
visit the Palestinian areas during her visit.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/644798.html

UPI - U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Israel on a visit intended
to put to rest any lingering doubts about her support for Israel. . . In
1999, Clinton traveled to the West Bank as first lady and was acclaimed
there as a champion of Palestinian nationhood because of comments she
had made in 1998 that seemed to express support for a Palestinian state.
The comments, criticized by some American Jewish groups, were disavowed
by the White House, the newspaper said. In her 2000 Senate race, Clinton
staked out a number of positions that appealed to Jewish voters,
declaring, for example, that Jerusalem should be the "eternal and
indivisible capital of Israel."

http://insider.washingtontimes.com/articles/view_upi.php?StoryID=20051113-093010-1374r


MICHAEL COOPER, NY TIMES - With New York's large Jewish population, the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict often plays some role in local elections,
and Israel is almost as common a stop for political aspirants as
Flatbush Avenue or the Grand Concourse. But in 2000 the Senate
candidates seemed to discuss Israel nearly as much as they discussed
local issues.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/nyregion/metrocampaigns/13hillary.html?ex=1289538000&en=f1f17fd9378443fa&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


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ALL IN THE FAMILY: GREEN HATCH TAKES ON RIGHTWING ONE

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - Five-term incumbent Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah,
will face a challenge from a distant member of his own family, Green
Party candidate Julian Hatch, in the November 2006 election. The Green
Party of Utah announced Friday that the 51-year-old environmental
activist and disabled veteran accepted the party's nomination at a
convention this week. "I am opposing my own relative so citizens of Utah
will finally have a real choice since Democrats have adopted so many
Republican policy positions in recent years," said Hatch, a lifelong
Utah resident. He works as the state's coordinator for the Western
Watersheds Project, a public lands policy group based in Hailey, Idaho.

Julian Hatch opposes the war in Iraq and will also campaign for abortion
rights, affordable health care, tax reform and public land protection.
"We are building a populist third party to challenge the ruling
two-party system that has become immersed in big money and entrenched in
fascist ideology," he said.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/11/politics/p154015S60.DTL