{"id":7729,"date":"2013-06-19T07:46:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T13:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=7729"},"modified":"2013-06-19T07:46:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T13:46:37","slug":"bill-clinton-visits-western-wall-expresses-admiration-for-jerusalems-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/bill-clinton-visits-western-wall-expresses-admiration-for-jerusalems-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton visits Western Wall, expresses admiration for Jerusalem&#8217;s history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JNS.org) Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visited the Western Wall on Tuesday, calling the visit \u201can amazing visit to a place that opens one&#8217;s eyes,\u201d the Jerusalem Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton also toured the Western Wall tunnels and expressed admiration for Jerusalem\u2019s long history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really love this place,\u201d Clinton said, the Jerusalem Post reported. \u201cHere we see life in Jerusalem at different times. Here there are layers of different periods, one on top of the other, each one representing a world of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Clinton, who was in Israel for the annual Presidential Conference, also had some stern messages for the Jewish state. On Monday evening, during a speech at Israeli President Shimon Peres\u2019s 90th birthday celebration, Clinton said he believes Israel has no alternative to a two-state solution if it wants to maintain its democratic character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it really okay with you if Israel has a majority of its people living within your territory who are not now, and never will be, allowed to vote?\u201d Clinton rhetorically asked, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Bill%20Clinton%20visits%20Western%20Wall%2C%20expresses%20admiration%20for%20Jerusalem%27s%20history\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25],"tags":[8781,8790,8795,531,8788,337,1030,3003],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7729"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7731,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7729\/revisions\/7731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}