After Barack Obama, former United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has come out in support of Israel in her latest address.

“People who are calling for a ceasefire now do not understand Hamas, that is not possible,” Clinton remarked at a public talk.

“It would be such a gift to Hamas because they would spend whatever time there was a ceasefire in effect rebuilding armaments, creating stronger positions to be able to fend off an eventual assault by the Israelis,” she added.

Clinton also asserted that “We are in a very different world. I don’t think it had to be the world we’re in, but that’s where we are, and we have to figure out our way forward through it.”

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