AL JAZEERA: … Nabil Sha’ath, the Palestinian Authority’s first ever foreign minister, told me last year: “Forget Tony Blair. I think Mr Blair is at the wrong time at the wrong place and he’s just making it easier for Mr Netanyahu to deceive us, really, in more ways than one.”
Despite their suspicion that Blair betrayed them on more than a few occasions – siding with Israel behind their backs – he remained set in his position shuttling between Jerusalem, London and Washington.
And last week, Blair was dispatched to sell US and Israeli arguments for rejecting the Palestinian request for membership to reluctant UN Security Council members. He went beyond the call of duty. … (more)
