I may be in a minority here, but surely if there is to be any progress in securing any final peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, Blair has to talk with and include Hamas in any discussions.
If as Blair might claim, he helped with the final agreement for the Northern Ireland situation, he then has to understand that unless you include equally all the interested parties, you will never achieve a total solution.
But their terrorists!!! I hear the cries; yes and so were the IRA, the UVF, the UDA, the LVF and many other splinter groups, but in the end, it seems that peace has finally come to Northern Ireland!
There will be many pitfalls in this round of the peace talks, but if the Northern Ireland example can be used, providing everyone is included in the talks, common sense will prevail. Will it happen next week, next month, next year, who knows. But one thing is sure, it is only by talking an making agreements that will finally sort this terrible mess out.
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