CLINTON ON ISRAEL. Clinton's policy paper on Israel seems substantially worse than her policy paper on health reform. It says that Clinton "believes that Israel’s right to exist in safety as a Jewish state, with defensible borders and an undivided Jerusalem as its capital, secure from violence and terrorism, must never be questioned." Seems anodyne, but that bit on an undivided Jerusalem is actually quite radical. Even the Bush administration is pushing Ohlmert to continue talks with Abbas on a solution that would include some measure of shared sovereignty over Jerusalem, which neither side has ever been willing to give up. For Clinton to preemptively take that off the table -- assuming it's not just a disingenuous pander to AIPAC -- is to end any hope that American could help push towards a solution in the region. --Ezra Klein