Bill Clinton: Netanyahu can't make peace in the Middle East

Bill Clinton: Netanyahu can't make peace in the Middle East
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Former President Bill Clinton delivered an impromptu rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the weekend, agreeing with a man who said Netanyahu was "not the guy" to broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

The exchange, caught by CSPAN and first reported by Haaretz, came at Sen. Tom Harkin's (D-Iowa) annual steak fry on Sunday. "If we don't force him to make peace, we will not have peace," the man says to Clinton.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.