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Bush and Blair, lost in Palestine and Israel
24/07/2007 By Mariano Aguirre
Bush's initiative and the appointment of Tony Blair to lead the Quartet are in fact ways to isolate Hamas, and to make more time to finish the construction of the israeli wall and come to a solution to the political crisis the hebrew state is living.
The, two scenerios are possible. One, to put pressure on Abbas' Government to accept a Palestinian state fragmented in West bank and Gaza, and also that the reffugees will never return neither the Jerusalem status will be negotiated.
The other scenario is to continue living for many decades with permanent war 'policy'.
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Keywords
Civil war Conflict EU Foreign Policy European Union Gaza Strip and West Bank Israel MEPP Middle East United States USBio author: Mariano Aguirre
Mariano Aguirre is Director of the Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre in Oslo, and a fellow of the Transnational Institute. Former Director of Peace, Security and Human Rights at FRIDE.
