June 05, 2008

Tony Blair Reviews Mid-East Situation

Quartet envoy speaks to British MPs about his role and the current situation

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Former prime minister Tony Blair returned to the Palace of Westminster today to answer questions before a select committee in his role as Mid-East envoy.

The salient points included his observation that "[the] humanitarian situation [in Gaza] is dreadful." He also commented on joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial projects, the distance between Hamas and the Israel government, and water rights as part of a settlement, especially in the Jordan valley. He noted that the Middle East is far more important than he realized as prime minister and that it must become a central focus for the next US president. Whoever that will be will need to consider the 60-year history of the Israeli state.


	Israel's 60th Anniversary in Context
	This year marks the 60th anniversary of the official founding of the State of Israel and the war that broke out immediately afterwards as Arab armies attempted to destroy the UN-sanctioned Jewish state at birth. In this report, Vision publisher and Mid-East scholar David Hulme analyzes the events leading up to the 1948 war.
	http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=5574

Topic Tags: History of Israel, Israel, Middle East Conflict, Palestine

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