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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=179507
Tony Blair: Israel's Experience of the Last Ten Years Changed Its Outlook on Peace
(Jerusalem Post) David Horovitz - In an interview published on Friday, Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair said: "It was only when I came back to this after leaving office [as British prime minister] that I understood the impact of the [second] intifada and the disengagement from Gaza on the Israeli mindset. The combination of those two things fundamentally changed the way Israelis look at this situation. Their position now is to say, 'Show us that if we make peace, it's a genuine, lasting peace with a Palestinian state that we can predict, that is stable, and that is a secure partner for us. Show us that, and we'll give it a go. But if you can't show us that, the experience of the last ten years makes us very doubtful.'"