Hillary Clinton has been rather silent about the deterioration of the U.S.-Israel relationship during the Obama administration in which she served as secretary of state as well as about the nuclear negotiations with Iran. Given her unwillingness to take any clear stand, the media are left to chew over whatever scraps she leaves behind.

The latest scrap comes in the form of a statement — if it can even be called that — that emerged after a call with Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.