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Fri, Sep 23 2011 Analysis: Peace no closer as Palestinians ask U.N. for state Fri, Sep 23 2011 Analysis & Opinion Israel grants residency to Jerusalem’s Anglican bishop, a Palestinian This Class is Unimpaired by the Plan Related Topics World » United Nations » Israel » Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks during an interview with Reuters in London September 2, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA | Sun Oct 2, 2011 10:29am EDT GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian officials are going public with long-whispered complaints that international Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, is biased toward Israel. Unofficial suggestions that Blair should now be replaced coincide with a Palestinian drive to secure membership of the United Nations, establishing statehood in the face of strong opposition from Israel and its main backer, the United States. While there has been no official request to the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators to have Blair removed as their envoy, some Palestinian officials at the weekend told reporters they had had enough of what they perceive to be his pro-Israel bias. Bassam al-Salhe, a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official who attends the PLO's high-level meetings, described Blair on Sunday as "a junior employee of the Israeli government" rather than a neutral envoy of the foursome made up of the European Union, the United States, U.N. and Russia. He spoke of a growing tendency in the Palestinian leadership to boycott Blair after he "lost his credibility." Israel said on Sunday it accepted a Quartet proposal for a resumption of peace talks within a month. The Palestinians reaffirmed there could be no negotiations until Israel halts all settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. "LIKE AN ISRAELI DIPLOMAT" Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Palestinian presidential aide Nabil Shaath said Blair was now "of limited usefulness." Palestinian chief negotiator Saab Erekat, however, said there had been no official move to boycott Blair or to lodge a request for his replacement. A spokesman for Blair said diplomatic work was continuing as usual and he was unaware of any formal complaints about the envoy's work. Blair has represented the Quartet since 2007. "From the calls Tony Blair has been doing with senior Palestinians in the last few days it has been business as usual," Blair's spokesman said. "Our focus is on ... a return to direct talks between the parties. It is the job of the Quartet representative to interact with both sides." The Quartet, established in 2002, has played a role supportive of but secondary to that of Washington in efforts to mediate a negotiated resolution of the 63-year-old conflict. But Palestinian commentators last week said America's vaunted position as "honest broker" in the conflict had been exposed as a sham when President Barack Obama warned Abbas against trying to take "shortcuts" to statehood. The Palestinians say they have been patient during 18 years of futile talks, in which time Israel has simply continued to build settlements on land they want for a Palestinian state while the major powers did nothing to prevent it. Salhe said: "Tony Blair has become an unwelcome person. He has no credibility and he is making the Quartet weaker than it already is." "Blair has violated the nature of his job which requires him to be neutral. He is not neutral," the PLO official added. "There is no one among the leadership who does not question Blair's credibility," he told Reuters in Gaza by telephone. Ghassan Khatib, spokesman for the Palestinian Administration in Ramallah, had nothing to say on Blair. But Shaath voiced clear disappointment. "We thought (Blair) would really enrich that position and would be a real support to the Palestinians," he said. But as time went by Blair's role had shrunk to "asking the Israelis to remove a (West Bank) barrier here or there." "He just avoided all the political requirements of his job as representative of the Quartet," the aide to President Mahmoud Abbas added. He ended up supporting "that horrible resolution of the Quartet, parroting what the Israelis wanted." "Lately ... he talks like an Israeli diplomat. His main worry is not to anger the Israelis, therefore he's just selling their programs, their projects, and if he does that then his usefulness will be limited to us." Shaath denied any move to make Blair persona non grata. But a top Palestinian official speaking off the record said there was "an extreme dissatisfaction among Palestinian leaders with Blair. There is a huge criticism to his policies." "Blair never agreed to anything unless the Israelis were happy with it," the official said, on condition of anonymity. (Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta in Ramallah; Writing by Douglas Hamilton; Editing by Sophie Hares) World United Nations Israel Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (2) robinyates wrote: Blair is distrusted by a large number of British voters so I am not surprised the Palestinians have had enough of this devious sociopath, Bye bye Blair Oct 02, 2011 10:51am EDT -- Report as abuse Tiu wrote: Blair would be a very good contact if the Palestinians wanted to invest in the Leviathan gas field, or in Libya. Oct 02, 2011 11:16am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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