Let’s give the Palistanians a state, weapons, money…
* He should have been put out to pasture, long ago. Along with his illustrious wife, Cherie BLair. But he loves the limelight too much to just go away, he sees himself as an important dancer on the world stage, and strangely, in this ‘global village’ of insignificant, mediocre bureaucrats and pretend-leaders, he has found a place, where he believes he belongs. Just like a village idiot belongs…
Israeli-Palestinian peace key to relations with Islam: Blair
By JANICE ARNOLD, Staff Reporter / CJN
MONTREAL — Solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the single most important step in improving relations between the West and the Islamic world, former British prime minister Tony Blair, left, said last week in Montreal.“If we are able to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, protecting the security of Israel and [creating] a state for the Palestinians, nothing will do more to say to that region that we in the West do not have a double standard, that justice is not only for those of the Judeo-Christian tradition, it is also for the Islamic people,” he said.
It will also be a powerful symbol in promoting Western values elsewhere in the world where allies are needed, added Blair, who has been special envoy of the so-called “quartet” of Middle East peace negotiators – the United Nations, European Union, United States and Russia – since July 2007, shortly after leaving political office.
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