Saturday, June 27, 2009

Blair Praises Netanyahu, Says: “ME Peace” Hinges on Israel


Al-Manar

"27/06/2009 UN Middle East Envoy Tony Blair said a deal on a two-state solution could be within reach if Tel-Aviv compromises on issues such as halting settlement expansion. "There is a virtual consensus across the international community not just as to what needs to happen, but how...which was not the case a couple of years ago," Blair told Reuters on Friday.

"If Israel were to join that, we could get an agreement and an agreement in my view that protects completely the state of Israel," the former British Prime Minister added. According to Blair, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be in a strong domestic position to deliver concessions, if he was willing to do so......."

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