Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been named by the Quartet to serve as an envoy to Middle East. In the conflict torn region some reject the appointment while others praise it. Many Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank rejected on Wednesday (June 27) the nomination of Tony Blair to the position of the Quartet Mideast envoy while some Israelis praised the appointment. The international powers agreed on Wednesday on the mandate for a new Middle East envoy and named Tony Blair to the position after he stepped down as British prime minister. Blair acknowledged the difficulties of a high-stakes peacemaking role meant to steer the Palestinians towards statehood following Hamas's violent takeover of the Gaza Strip. In the isolated Hamas-controlled Gaza the Islamist movement rejected Blair as biased. Hamas, shunned by the United States and its European allies after winning elections 18 months ago, sought to cast Blair as an ally of Israel, not the Palestinian people. Ghazi...
The Middle East envoy Tony Blair told the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday (March 25) that time was of the essence for peace between Israelis and Palestinians and that US President George...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Palestinians want to offer hope, not illusions during the launch of a housing project in the West Bank on Monday (April 14). "Peace requires a great effort...
Palestinian President Abbas says Palestinians "want to offer hope" not "illusions" during housing project agreement ceremony backed by Mideast Envoy Blair. Meanwhile, former U.S. President Jimmy...
Middle East Envoy Tony Blair visits the West Bank city of Jenin where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces have been deployed for a law-and-order campaign meant to show the...
Israelis and Palestinians protest against ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip. Israelis and Palestinians marched on Sunday (March 2) to protest the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip, which claimed...
Hundreds of Palestinians released in an Israeli gesture to boost Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defence Minister Ehud Barak prepare to launch lengthy...
Israel's army, and Gaza based Palestinian militants on Thursday (February 28) continued rocket attacks across the tense border in escalating violence that claimed the lives of 24 Palestinians and...
A spokesman from the Palestinian government led by President Mahmoud Abbas welcomes Tony Blair's upcoming arrival in the Middle East as a Quartet envoy, while a Hamas spokesman says he expects...
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