Clinton Continues Pandering, at Home and Abroad

Senator Clinton will be traveling to Israel. One stop on the trip: the fence.

Mrs. Clinton is also planning to visit part of the security fence in the West Bank that the Israeli government built to protect its citizens from incursions by terrorists. Mrs. Clinton's advisers say she supported construction of the fence, which has been criticized by Palestinian leaders and others.

The Times cuts right to the chase on her motivation for this excursion.

This will be Mrs. Clinton's second trip to Israel since she took office. In the 2000 Senate race, the security of Israel became an issue in the campaign, with Mrs. Clinton's Republican opponent, Representative Rick A. Lazio, challenging her commitment to Israel.

We should all hope that Senator Clinton would be less supportive of the state of Pennsylvania erecting a fence that encompassed Binghamton, but Pennsylvania is, after all, worth 21 electoral votes. It's also highly unlikely that Senator Clinton will use the trip as a chance to hold a press conference condemning the illegal war she's supported for over two years.