Blair urges White House to shift focus to Israel-Palestine conflict
· Palestinian peace process 'central to Iraq solution'
· Syria and Iran also have a role to play, says PM
Patrick Wintour and Richard Norton-Taylor
Tuesday November 14, 2006
The Guardian
Tony Blair made an open plea yesterday to George Bush to recognise that a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies at the core of any hopes for wider peace in the Middle East, including Iraq.
In his annual foreign policy speech, seen as a chance to recalibrate Britain's Iraq strategy, Mr Blair said a solution to the conflict was central to a strategy that "pins back the forces trying to create mayhem inside Iraq".