I always liked Blair and Bush. I think they could aggressively defend their record better.
Blair still playing leading role in Hamas-Israel talks: Hamas sources
Tony Blair has been working behind the scenes to mediate a peace deal between Hamas and Israel, Hamas sources have revealed to Middle East Eye.
Blair, the former UK prime minister who since leaving office has carved out a career as a Middle East diplomat, was successful in hammering out a recent deal that will see Qatar pay $30m towards the wages of public-sector workers in Gaza.
Senior sources within Hamas – who spoke on condition of anonymity – told Middle East Eye this week that Blair had returned to the Qatari capital Doha recently to play a leading role in negotiations between the Palestinian movement and Israel.
Blair also met Hamas in Doha on a separate occasion to discuss the reconciliation of Hamas and Fatah, groups that have had strained relations since the conflict between the two parties in Gaza and the splitting of the Palestinian Authority, both in 2007, but that discussion did not get very far, a senior Palestinian source told MEE.
The same source said that Fatah is currently frustrated with Hamas, which is pushing for municipal elections for which Fatah is not prepared.
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