Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumBill Clinton: Netanyahu 'not the guy' to strike lasting Middle East peace deal
Bill Clinton has been recorded going off-message and criticising the Israeli governments unwillingness to seek peace with Palestinians in unguarded comments that contrast with other leading Democrats, including his wife, potential presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Speaking to a member of the public at a Democratic fundraiser in Iowa this weekend, the former president agreed with the suggestion that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu was not the guy to strike a lasting peace deal in the region.
Clinton also agreed when it was suggested to him that If we dont force him [Netanyahu] to make peace, we wont have peace.
The former president replied: First of all, I agree with that. But in 2000, Ehud Barack, I got him to agree to something Im not sure I would have gotten Rabin to agree to, and Rabin was murdered for giving land to the Palestinians.
Though brief and apparently unscripted, the exchange, which was recorded by C-Span and picked up by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, is in stark contrast to recent comments by Hillary Clinton, who has been more supportive of Netanyahus handling of the recent conflict in Gaza.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/bill-clinton-netanyahu-criticism-israeli-palestinian-deal?CMP=fb_gu
LeftishBrit
(41,192 posts)King_David
(14,851 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Israeli
(4,132 posts)Hillary Clinton is about to add that last nail to your coffin ....used to be about could Hillary control Bill ... now its can Bill control Hillary .
She will sell her soul, and her husbands, to be the first female American President .
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Selling her soul? Please.
Mao Shung
(55 posts)Bill sounds unaware it is easier for hard liners to make concession. Hence, Likud signed the Camp David accords.
Rabin's dream was to be a farmer, and he ended up prime minister. A country would do quite well if composed of many Rabin's.
Shaktimaan
(5,397 posts)But previous right wing PMs like Begin or even Sharon were interested in a permanent peaceful solution. The same can not be said of Bibi.
While Likud would have an easier time pushing through a treaty politically on Israel's end, the fact remains that its current incarnation has no real interest in doing so.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)"But previous right wing PMs like Begin or even Sharon were interested in a permanent peaceful solution."
Unbelievable ignorance in that statement.