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Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony Blair

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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Jan-30-09 07:23 PM
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Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony BlairUpdated at 5:33 PM
Source: TimesOnline

Hamas must somehow be brought into the Middle East peace process because the policy of isolating Gaza in the quest for a settlement will not work, Tony Blair has told The Times.

The former prime minister implicitly criticises the strategy followed by the Bush Administration and Israel of focusing all peace and reconstruction efforts on the West Bank. “It was half of what we needed,” he said.

In an interview with Ginny Dougary in the Saturday Magazine, Mr Blair says that the strategy of “pushing Gaza aside” and trying to create a Palestinian state on the West Bank “was never going to work and will never work”. He hints in references to how peace was eventually achieved in Northern Ireland that the time may be approaching to talk to Hamas ... “My basic predisposition is that in a situation like this you talk to everybody.”

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Mr Blair, speaking after talks with the new US envoy George Mitchell, says that Gaza will not be pushed aside because there are 1.25 million people there who want a Palestinian state.

Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5...

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   HEY TONY  Sees Clearly   Jan-30-09 07:41 PM   #1 
   F you, Tony.  sfexpat2000   Jan-30-09 07:44 PM   #2 
   Tony is trying to stay relevant. Tony? What would your Masters in Opus Dei think about  ShortnFiery   Jan-30-09 07:56 PM   #3 
   He's linked to Opus Dei ?  jeff30997   Jan-30-09 08:10 PM   #4 
      Check out this site for starters.  ShortnFiery   Jan-30-09 08:38 PM   #5 
         Thanks for the link ShortnFiery.  jeff30997   Jan-30-09 08:48 PM   #6 
            You're welcome.  ShortnFiery   Jan-30-09 09:17 PM   #7 
   Will they agree to a hand shake photo op session with Israel instead of the "clenched fist" rant ?  ohio2007   Jan-31-09 10:22 AM   #8 
   STFU poodle !  jeff30997   Jan-31-09 02:42 PM   #9 
 
Torn_Scorned_Ignored Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jan-30-09 07:41 PM
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1. HEY TONY
Why didn't you tell that to Bush?

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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jan-30-09 07:44 PM
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2. F you, Tony.

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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jan-30-09 07:56 PM
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3. Tony is trying to stay relevant. Tony? What would your Masters in Opus Dei think about
this stance? :evilgrin:

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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jan-30-09 08:10 PM
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4. He's linked to Opus Dei ?
Please do tell.

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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jan-30-09 08:38 PM
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5. Check out this site for starters.
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1104750/Blai...

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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jan-30-09 08:48 PM
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6. Thanks for the link ShortnFiery.
I absolutely have to know more about this.

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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jan-30-09 09:17 PM
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7. You're welcome.
I take it all with a grain of salt, but there's something there.

Those power brokers hob nob with all sorts of "characters."

Have a good one.

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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-31-09 10:22 AM
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8. Will they agree to a hand shake photo op session with Israel instead of the "clenched fist" rant ?
Edited on Sat Jan-31-09 10:27 AM by ohio2007
Gaza rocket hits southern Israel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7862353.stm
no ?

then phukem

seriously, nobody is speaking out against the Sri lanka 'unconditional surrender' policy vs the Tamil tigers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

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9. STFU poodle !
You're part of the problem not from the solution!

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