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Blair: Netanyahu wants to build Palestinian state 'from bottom up'
By Akiva Eldar
Tags: benjamin netanyahu 

Middle East envoy Tony Blair stated in an interview in the current edition of Time Magazine that in talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli premier suggested to Blair that a Palestinian state be established from the bottom up.

Blair said that Netanyahu's plan calls for the question of the borders of the Palestinian state and the fate of Jewish settlements and Jerusalem to be deferred to the final stage. The first step would concentrate on the consolidation of Palestinian institutions, strengthening security forces and reconstruction of the economy in the territories. Netanyahu reportedly is not opposed to the Palestinian Authority assuming attributes of statehood at this stage.


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lair indicated that a peace process committed to a two-state solution is one of three conditions necessary for ending the conflict in the region, and noted in the Time interview that the other conditions are drafting a plan to change conditions in the West Bank and the easing of the closure on the Gaza Strip.

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      1.   Very logical. Arabs need to prove they want another Pal state 04:54  |  David 16/04/09
      2.   Blair -- Wrong Man 05:27  |  George Kaplan 16/04/09
      3.   Blair hearing what he wants to hear 06:22  |  Johnboy 16/04/09
      4.   Middle-aged spread 07:38  |  English Resident 16/04/09
      5.   Meaningless 07:38  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/04/09
      6.   What`s the difference? 10:04  |  ron 16/04/09
      7.   Who will pay? 10:17  |  Kilminster 16/04/09
      8.   Just Netanyahu`s way of delaying a Pal state even further. 10:36  |  Michael 16/04/09
      9.   whose bottom? 10:39  |  John and the truth 2 16/04/09
      10.   As I understand it . . . 10:45  |  Zev Davis 16/04/09
      11.   Blair will way anything, he`s a serial appologist 11:15  |  Dan Bigtoe 16/04/09
      12.   Face your demons 14:30  |  BazMann 16/04/09
      13.   #10 Dan Bigtoe 15:44  |  Johnboy 16/04/09
      14.   they would get the palestinians to change their 15:53  |  ks 16/04/09
      15.   one more excuse to create facts on the ground 15:59  |  Esther 16/04/09
      16.   Blair 16:07  |  ks 16/04/09
      17.   Natenyahu wants to build the State of Palestine ! 16:26  |  Akram Zekaria 16/04/09
      18.   Esther # 15 While I disagree with a few of your posts 16:36  |  American in NY 16/04/09
      19.   To Esther 16:45  |  Sam Soul 16/04/09
      20.   Whose Fault Is It. 03:17  |  Cool B 17/04/09
      21.   PAL govt makes what they want very clear!Obliteration of Israel 13:00  |  PETER SM 17/04/09
      22.   what`s the difference? 15:29  |  potobac 17/04/09
      23.   talk about a plan to meant maintain the status quo...(3r try) 23:32  |  eric 17/04/09
      24.   Netanyahu needs to build his brain from the bottom up 19:12  |  Fed Up 06/05/09
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