Tuesday, June 29, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Tony Blair: '...the basic problem is that people have lost faith in the political process to deliver a credible solution... - ... It was only when I came back to this after leaving office [as British prime minister ] that I understood the impact of the [second] intifada and the disengagement from Gaza on the Israeli mindset. The combination of those two things fundamentally changed the way Israelis look at this situation. Their position now is to say, 'Show us that if we make peace, it's a genuine, lasting peace with a Palestinian state that we can predict, that is stable, and that is a secure partner for us. Show us that, and we'll give it a go. But if you can't show us that, the experience of the last 10 years makes us very doubtful.'
