Shanthini (28
Mar 2008) "Russia set on Mideast parley
& Blair warns time is running out..."
·Gov't sources: Russia set on Mideast parley
Herb Keinon , THE JERUSALEM POST
Mar 26,
2008 1:42 | Updated Mar 26, 2008 14:31
Mar.
26, 2008
Russia
is determined to go ahead with an international Middle East conference in
Moscow in June whether Israel likes it or not, government sources told The
Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, summing up Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov's visit here last week.
·Middle East Envoy Tony Blair Calls For New
Gaza Strategy
(RTTNews) - Middle East Quartet Special Envoy Tony Blair
told a European Parliament panel Tuesday that the international community must
adopt a different strategy toward the Gaza Strip ruled by the anti-Israel Hamas
organization......................
Blair
warned that time is running out. "We need to be aware of the fact that we
are racing against time." he said adding there must be visible results by
May - when U.S. president Bush is scheduled to be back in the Mideast- if there
is to be an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement by the end of this year.