Envoy Blair holds West Bank talks
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Tony Blair speaks of a "sense of possibility" as he continues his first Mid-East visit as the Quartet's special envoy.
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JERUSALEM - British Prime Minister Tony Blair will meet the new Palestinian leadership in the West Bank next week in the highest-level diplomatic visit since Yasser Arafat&#39;s death last month, officials said.
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Tony Blair continues his first Mid-East visit as the Quartet's special envoy by meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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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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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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Investor's Business Daily - Former British PM Tony Blair kicked off his first visit to the Middle East as the international community&#39;s new envoy to the region, hoping to add momentum to fledgling peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians. During the 2-day visit, Blair planned to meet with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other top officials.
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The British prime minister Tony Blair continued his tour in the Palestinian territories after his meeting with the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  said on a visit to the Middle East Wednesday that his planned  London conference on reform for Palestinians next year would  help them become a real negotiating partner for peace.
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Tony Blair landed in Israel on Monday for his first visit as an international envoy, hoping to help end 60 years of peacemaking failure since Britain handed Palestine to Jews and Arabs who are still fighting over it.
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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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UNITED NATIONS AP) &#151; The key international Mideast mediators will confer with former British prime minister Tony Blair for the first time next week in his new role promoting peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the U.N. said Friday.
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JERICHO, West Bank  - 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 has launched an effort to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict, unveiling plans for a conference to prepare the Palestinians for statehood during a landmark West Bank visit.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators met for the first time with Tony Blair as special envoy on Thursday at a meeting Washington hopes will breathe some life into the stagnant Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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The four powers sponsoring the stagnant Middle East peace process met on Tuesday for the first time since Hamas seized Gaza, amid mounting speculation they could anoint outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as their envoy.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss his personal peace initiatives for the region, the next leg on a flying visit which took him to Iraq the previous day.
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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.