Tony Blair: Hamas Must Be Brought Into Peace Process

Tony Blair: Hamas Must Be Brought Into Peace Process
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Hamas must somehow be brought into the Middle East peace process because the policy of isolating Gaza in the quest for a settlement will not work, Tony Blair has told The Times.

The former prime minister implicitly criticises the strategy followed by the Bush Administration and Israel of focusing all peace and reconstruction efforts on the West Bank. "It was half of what we needed," he said.

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