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Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/hillary-clinton-israel-bernie-sanders-221771
Clinton, Sanders Clash on Israel's Actions During 2014 Gaza War
(Politico) Jeremy Herb - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touted Israel's right to defend itself after her Democratic opponent Bernie Sanders called Israel's response against Hamas "disproportionate." In an interview on CNN Sunday, Clinton said that when "your soldiers are under attack, you have to respond....Hamas provokes Israel. They often pretend to have people in civilian garb acting as though they are civilians who are Hamas fighters. It's a very different undertaking for Israel to target those who are targeting them. And I think Israel has had to defend itself, has a right to defend itself." Sanders has been criticized by some Israeli officials for his comments in an interview with the New York Daily News in which he overestimated the number of Palestinian civilians who were killed in the 2014 war. "Of course we're going to support Israel, but you cannot ignore the needs of the Palestinian people," Sanders said on CNN. "We will not succeed to ever bring peace in that region unless we also treat the Palestinians with dignity and respect."