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September 22, 2010
Posted: 604 GMT
Former United States president Bill Clinton sat down with CNN's Wolf Blitzer yesterday and waxed optimistic about the prospect for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians calling a deal "imminently doable". Clinton cited "real support" from the Arab states and genuine worry from both sides about passing up another opportunity as reasons a deal is "slightly more likely to happen than not." The former president expressed confidence in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ability to influence right-wing factions in Israel including the Yisrael Beiteinu party of his foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman "I know that Netanyahu can deliver" he told Blitzer "It may cost him his coalition. Lieberman and his crew will have a decision to make. But they trust him on security and they will vote with him in the end to ratify an agreement." Clinton also laid blame on the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for not making a peace deal in 2000...take a listen. Posted by: IME blog producer
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