Blitzer to Peres: “How do you stay so youthful?”

byHabib Battah
Nov 27, 2012

See the full transcript of the interview here, where Blitzer, who was formerly employed by the Israel lobby, even suggested Peres run for prime minister: “You look so great,” Blitzer said repeatedly ending with:

“Hard to believe he’s 89 years old, almost 90 years old. He’s amazing, amazing indeed.”

Habib Battah

Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 20 years and teaches journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a contributor to Monocle, The Guardian, BBC World, Al Jazeera and others, a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Battah's investigative work was recently recognized for outstanding local reporting by the Columbia University Oakes Award for Environmental Reporting. Battah earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Near East Studies and Journalism from New York University.