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Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-blair-qa-20111026,0,4469169.story
Mideast Quartet Tries New Approach with Israel, Palestinians
(Los Angeles Times) Edmund Sanders - The Mideast Quartet is pushing both sides to submit detailed proposals for borders of a Palestinian state and measures to ensure Israel's long-term security, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday. "We want to get agreement where detailed proposals on borders and security would be put forward within the 90-day period that the Quartet statement stipulated. This is a preliminary meeting to see if it's possible to get that to happen. Once we see where the detailed proposals are on an issue like borders, then we can see how big the division is," Blair said. "You can't impose something on the parties that they are not prepared to do. We can try to create a framework from which they can move forward."