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16: Tony Blair: Taking insults, swallowing pride, and negotiating with both sides

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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The Most Difficult Issues in the Middle East

CNN's John Defterios asks the former Middle East peace envoy what he learned from his time in Northern Ireland. He says it was difficult to get an agreement that people consider fair, and for leaders on both sides to be prepared to take risks so they can make peace. The process of going from one peace negotiation to another about why this works in Israel, Palestine didn't is a very different story, defterios adds. "You don't want to get stuck on this"

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