Hillary Clinton slams young anti-Israel protesters as ignorant on Middle East: 'They don't know very much'

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Hillary Clinton ripped anti-Israel student protesters as ignorant on Middle Eastern affairs, especially involving the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, in an interview Thursday

"They don't know very much at all about the history of the Middle East, or, frankly, about history in many areas of the world, including in our own country," Clinton told MSNBC.

Clinton pointed to an offer that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, made to then-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, when he was in office.

"They don't know that … an offer was made to the Palestinians for a state on 96% of the existing territory occupied by the Palestinians," Clinton said, "with 4% of Israel to be given to reach 100% of the amount of territory that was hoped for."

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The former secretary of state said that her claims about students were based on multiple conversations with young people over the past few months. Anti-Israel student protests have broken out at schools across the country following the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel and Israel's subsequent military response.

"This offer was made and if Yasser Arafat had accepted it there would have been a Palestinian state now for about 24 years,"