Sharon gives Blair&#39;s Middle East summit an unexpected boost
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Israel is prepared to back a Middle East conference convened by Tony Blair early next year despite having expressed fears that the British plans were over-ambitious and designed
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in Jerusalem for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. He&#39;s hoping to get both sides to participate in a Mideast conference in London.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Middle East peace quest was severely jolted when his counterpart in the West Bank took umbrage at suggestions that the Palestinians needed to be groomed for statehood.
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The Prime Minister has confirmed Britain will host a meeting in London to reinvigorate the Middle East peace process. Can there be a breakthrough?
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Just hours after a surprise visit to Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Israel to launch a new push for peace. Blair met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Tel Aviv.
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Tony Blair said Tuesday he saw a &quot;sense of possibility&quot; in the Middle East, as he held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in his first visit to the region as Quartet envoy.
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HERZLIYA, Israel  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon said on Thursday he saw a unique chance for peace with  new Palestinian leaders and was ready to coordinate his Gaza  withdrawal plan as a step to a broader deal.
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11.03: La conferenza di Londra sul Medio oriente Ã¨ un appuntamento importante, ma Israele non ci sarÃ  perchÃ¨ riguarda questioni palestinesi. Lo ha detto stamane il premier israeliano Sharon, in un conferenza stampa congiunta con Tony Blair.
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Tony Blair was to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday as he continued his fact-finding maiden visit to the region as the new envoy for the Middle East peace Quartet.
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Next year could bring a &quot;historic breakthrough&quot; in Israel&#39;s relations with the Palestinians, a buoyant Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel said today, insisting
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Middle East envoy Tony  Blair, seeking to bolster Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking  efforts, said on Wednesday it was critical to expand the  capabilities of Palestinian security forces.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  began talks with Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon on Wednesday  about steps to revive Middle East peacemaking after the death  of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders met for first time in four years Tuesday at a summit in Egypt.
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Tony Blair on Tuesday evoked a &quot;moment of opportunity&quot; in the Middle East as he held exploratory talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on his inaugural tour as international envoy.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain met Israeli and Palestinian leaders yesterday to promote an international conference in London on Palestinian reforms, saying the gathering could lay the groundwork for a resumption of peace negotiations.
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Leaders of the Middle East Quartet meet former British prime minister Tony Blair here Thursday, with the focus on his role as their new special envoy against a backdrop of a renewed US push for peace.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was due to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as part of a flurry of diplomacy intended to revive the Middle East peace process.