Biden did misspeak at point when he talked about kicking Hezbollah out of Lebanon...he probably meant Syria.
Palin talked about making Middle East peace talks a priority, though McCain barely mentioned the peace process when he addressed AIPAC earlier this year, giving a speech that focused much more on Iran.
Palin also repeated a line that we often hear from candidates, but has never happened — the idea of moving the US embassy to Jerusalem.
— Michele Kelemen
UPDATE: The Biden quote is as follows
When we kicked — along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said move NATO forces in there, fill the vacuum, because if you don't know — if you don't, Hezbollah will control it. Now what's happened? Hezbollah is a legitimate part of the government in the country immediately to the north of Israel.
In his first reference, Biden should have said "when...we kicked Syria out of Lebanon" — not Hezbollah. The rest of the statement is accurate; after Syria left Lebanon, Hezbollah stepped in to fill the power vacuum. Biden misspoke.
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