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.
"First of all, I agree with that," Clinton says. As Clinton expounds further on the subject of peace in the Middle East, the man interjects that Netanyahu "is not the guy" to accomplish that goal. "I agree with that," Clinton again responds. --Jon Terbush
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