Clinton Promises to Fight Sanctions Movement Targeting Israel

BY Siobhan O'Grady, published in Foreign Policy July 6, 2015

 

Hillary Clinton is taking aim at the growing international movement to economically isolate Israel for its continued occupation of the West Bank — the latest indication of how hard the Democratic presidential candidate plans to work to win the support of influential Jewish donors wary of the Obama administration’s strained relationship with Israel and its ongoing nuclear talks with Iran.

 

In a two-page letter to Jewish billionaire Haim Saban, written on “Hillary for America” letterhead, Clinton promised to fight the so-called “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction” movement, or BDS, which has been gaining steam in both Europe and the United States.

 

“I know you agree that we need to make countering BDS a priority,” she wrote, adding that she wants Saban’s advice on how they could work together across party lines to “fight back against further attempts to isolate and delegitimize Israel.”