WATCH: Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu and Henry Kissinger Kvell over Hillary

Henry Kissinger, who says in the video that he gives Hillary Clinton “high marks” for public service. Image by YouTube

By Nathan Guttman November 2, 2016

The National Jewish Democratic Council has its new pro-Clinton video out. Its called “Hillary Validators” and includes an interesting gallery of political figures praising Clinton, in hope to win over Jewish voters.

Alongside Israeli opposition leaders Tzipi Livni and Ehud Barak, the late Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres makes an appearance, and so does current leader Benjamin Netanyahu, clearly not a big fan of Democrats.

“As someone who knows a thing or two about political comebacks, I can tell you: ‘I don’t think we’ve heard the last of Hillary Clinton,’” Netanyahu says on the video.

The NJDC also added Republican senator John McCain and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to the video montage.

The excerpts, needless to say, were filmed before Clinton’s run for office and are not direct endorsements for Clinton.

Contact Nathan Guttman at [email protected] or on Twitter @nathanguttman

Nathan Guttman, staff writer, was the Forward’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the staff in 2006 after serving for five years as Washington correspondent for the Israeli dailies Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. In Israel, he was the features editor for Ha’aretz and chief editor of Channel 1 TV evening news. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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