Palestinians unhappy with envoy Tony Blair

[xchrom]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/02/uk-palestinians-israel-blair-idUKTRE7910YT20111002

(Reuters) - Palestinian officials are going public with long-whispered complaints that international Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, is biased towards Israel.

Unofficial suggestions that Blair should now be replaced coincide with a Palestinian drive to secure membership of the United Nations, establishing statehood in the face of strong opposition from Israel and its main backer, the United States.

While there has been no official request to the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators to have Blair removed as their envoy, some Palestinian officials at the weekend told reporters they had had enough of what they perceive to be his pro-Israel bias.

Bassam al-Salhe, a Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) official who attends the PLO's high-level meetings, described Blair on Sunday as "a junior employee of the Israeli government" rather than a neutral envoy of the foursome made up of the European Union, the United States, U.N. and Russia.

[Jefferson23]

1. This adds to the collection of OP's about this asshole, thanks for posting xchrom.

This is good, lol: "a junior employee of the Israeli government"

[xchrom]

2. i can't stand blair -- & who thought it was a good idea for him to be an envoy? nt

[Jefferson23]

3. snip*

JERUSALEM — Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named on Wednesday as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said.

Members of the quartet, the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia, will give their public blessing and announce that Blair has agreed to take the job in simultaneous statements from their capitals and New York, the official told The Associated Press.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19429505/

[xchrom]

4. LOL -- i deserved that -- i mean i knew those countries were involved --

i meant that board meeting must be full of people who need to FIRED for even suggesting blair.

[Jefferson23]

5. Oh, ok..sorry about that, lol. Maybe the best way to answer that is they

wanted an incompetent biased tool..I mean this was some kind of secret about Blair?

[xchrom]

6. well they picked the bestest incompetent biased tool ever. nt