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Sir, - As head of the Quartet, who will be present behind the scenes during direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Tony Blair cannot be considered a neutral interlocutor. Nor can his statement at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, that "those in the world who want to delegitimize Israe...

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Published inThe Jerusalem post
Main Authors Hoffenberg, Edwin, Cohen, Efraim A, Leci, Colin L, Silver, Yonatan, Debra Nussbaum Stepen, Rigbi, Ruth, Zunder, I, Mohnblatt, Michael, Apple, Raymond, Shaw, Sally
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jerusalem The Jerusalem Post Ltd 26.08.2010
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Blair, Tony
Glick, Caroline
Sarah, Aziz Abu
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Summary:Sir, - As head of the Quartet, who will be present behind the scenes during direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Tony Blair cannot be considered a neutral interlocutor. Nor can his statement at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, that "those in the world who want to delegitimize Israel are also delegitimizing those around the world who share Israel's values and admire its free spirit," be considered that of a true friend ("Blair: Delegitimization of Israel is affront to all humanity," August 25). Though the Book of Matthew uses the term "rabbi" several times, it was not yet in general use at the time, and the likelihood is that it was interpolated by a later editor. Even if there were people addressed as "rabbi," it was probably no more than a polite greeting, like "sir." In your analysis piece "Would an IDF withdrawal from the West Bank mean a safe haven for extremists?" (August 24), "safe haven" is tautology. A haven is always safe. Other examples of tautology are "future prospects," "past history" and "live survivors."