Israel offers UK key peace role
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The UK can play a "key role" in helping Israel and the Palestinians achieve peace, Israel's foreign minister says.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to meet with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem late Saturday.
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Tony Blair says the country's bid to join the European Union is of fundamental importance to the Middle East peace process.
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Tony Blair arrives in Jerusalem for his first visit as international envoy on Monday, hoping to help end 60 years of peacemaking failure since Britain handed Palestine to Jews and Arabs who remain bitterly at odds.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2004. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters.
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Israel has agreed to attend a Mideast conference in London early next year, backing off its earlier reluctance to participate in the gathering, a senior official said Thursday.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrives in Israel for two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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Britain should play a more active role to help revive the Middle East peace process to make up for the disengagement of the United States which is currently distracted by its upcoming presidential election, visiting Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath said here.
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Britain has obtained agreement from the United States to hold an international peace conference on the Middle East in London late January or early in February, the Daily Telegraph reported.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair met his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon on Wednesday ahead of landmark talks with the new Palestinian leadership after making the quest for Middle East peace a personal priority.
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Outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that a two-state solution is the &quot;absolute priority&quot; to bring peace to the Middle East amid speculation he is to become an envoy to the region.
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Tony Blair should be given a broader role as Middle East envoy, say Palestinian negotiators.
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International mediators meeting in Jerusalem were expected to name the British prime minister, Tony Blair, as the senior envoy in the region.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday endorsed a proposal by visiting Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain for a new international conference that would pave the way toward new peace negotiations.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined British and German allies pledging Friday to help Israel and the Palestinians seize an opening for peace in the Middle East. They also said diplomacy can neutralize a nuclear threat in Iran.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would very much welcome Britain&#39;s Tony Blair as a new Middle East envoy, a spokeswoman said on Friday amid growing speculation he could be up for the job.