Blair condemns Israel

[dudeness]

Blair condemns Israel and opens rift with US

Ewen MacAskill in Jerusalem and Patrick Wintour
Tuesday April 20, 2004
The Guardian

Tony Blair distanced himself from Washington yesterday by pointedly condemning the Israeli assassination of the Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi at the weekend.
George Bush's administration refused to criticise the killing and said Israel had a right of self-defence.

Mr Blair told parliament: "We condemn the targeted assassination of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi just as we condemn all terrorism, including that perpetrated by Hamas."

While Mr Blair has been quick to condemn Palestinian suicide bombings against Israel in the past, he has been less ready to criticise action against Palestinians.

What makes this intervention even more stark is that it was made on behalf of the leader of an organisation that has launched hundreds of suicide attacks against Israel over the past four years.

Mr Blair could have opted, as he has done in the past, to leave the criticism to the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, who condemned the assassination at the weekend.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1195709,00.html

[sweetheart]

1. He's praying for a sea change

and thinks that by taking ineffective, but symbolic anti-american
stances, he can recover his populism... fool.

Mr. Blair, either take a substantive position, or get off the pot.
Sharon is an evil man, of course he is murdering people.. that is
what him and bush DO for a living. Blair has bound himselves to
their fate, claiming to be a christian... ? Hmmm... sounds like
brain cells are short on high.