By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Any Israeli-Palestinian peace deal must lead to improved living conditions for Palestinians to prevent violence between the two from erupting again, Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair said on Sunday. "The last conflict left Gaza devastated and its people more downtrodden and impoverished," Blair said in Gaza, the site of the July-August war between the territory's Islamist militants and Israel. "I am extremely concerned that, if we leave Gaza in the state it is in, you have a**ther eruption in violence and then we are back into a further catastrophe," Blair added. He said a successful peace drive required "a broad and a profound improvement in the daily life of Palestinians ... unified Palestinian politics ... (and) an enhanced role for the region in alliance with the international community." Blair said Hamas, the Palestinian faction that runs Gaza, had to declare whether it wanted a peace deal with Israel.
02-22-2015, 05:32 PM
Better Palestinian living standards vital for peace, Blair says
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Any Israeli-Palestinian peace deal must lead to improved living conditions for Palestinians to prevent violence between the two from erupting again, Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair said on Sunday. "The last conflict left Gaza devastated and its people more downtrodden and impoverished," Blair said in Gaza, the site of the July-August war between the territory's Islamist militants and Israel. "I am extremely concerned that, if we leave Gaza in the state it is in, you have a**ther eruption in violence and then we are back into a further catastrophe," Blair added. He said a successful peace drive required "a broad and a profound improvement in the daily life of Palestinians ... unified Palestinian politics ... (and) an enhanced role for the region in alliance with the international community." Blair said Hamas, the Palestinian faction that runs Gaza, had to declare whether it wanted a peace deal with Israel.
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