Middle East deal possible - Blair
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Tony Blair says a peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians could be struck by the end of the year.
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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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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair began efforts today to boost the Middle East peace process by holding talks in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Ariel Sharon, to be followed by a meeting with Palestinian leaders in the West Bank.
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LONDON, Nov. 16 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday offered hope for progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying that "sensible Arab and Muslim countries" now see "strategic reasons" for finding a solution and that new initiatives could come within weeks.
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Tony Blair gives an optimistic assessment that a peace agreement in the Middle East is within reach.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Tony Blair said on Tuesday he saw possibilities in his first visit to the Middle East as an international envoy but cautioned it was too early to tell whether they could be translated into concrete results.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday a planned London conference on Palestinian reform would be a critical step toward Middle East peace talks and a Palestinian state.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is seeking to revive Middle East peace efforts, including arrangements for an international conference he hopes to host early next year.
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True to his conviction that reactivating Israeli-Palestinian talks is the world&#39;s most pressing political challenge, Tony Blair yesterday offered a bridge back to that goal.
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Tony Blair on Tuesday evoked a &quot;sense of possibility&quot; in the Middle East as he held exploratory talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the start of his mandate as special envoy.
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Tony Blair said Tuesday he is ready to help bring about a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian issue, amid claims he is to become an envoy to the region after stepping down as British prime minister.
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Tony Blair says he came to push Mideast peace efforts ahead, but Britain's beleaguered prime minister may be hoping his success eases anger back home over his close ties with the U.S., animosity that led to a rebellion in his own Labour Party.
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Tony Blair said on Tuesday he saw a "sense of possibility" in his first visit to the Middle East as an envoy of the international Quartet of peace brokers.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Tony Blair spoke of a "moment of opportunity" after he met Palestinian and Israeli leaders on Tuesday on his first visit to the region as an international envoy.
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Tony Blair has urged the lifting of economic sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, so long as a deal on a cabinet of national unity there meets international conditions.
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According to the British daily The Independent, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is willing to back a Middle East peace conference planned for early next year by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would soon launch a new Middle East peace mission, hoping to unlock the &quot;barred&quot; door to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.