Former British prime minister and ex-Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair met recently with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, according to a report in the Arabic version of the Huffington Post.
Blair also met with Egyptian president Abdel Fatah el- Sissi and with the Egyptian chief of intelligence as well as with senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel.
According to the report, the meeting between Blair and Mashaal in Doha, Qatar, is the second in less than two months, and like the first meeting, was dedicated to finding a formula for a long-term ceasefire with Israel in return for lifting the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
A separate Egyptian report, quoted by Haaretz, says a five-man delegation from Israel arrived in Cairo yesterday for meetings with Egyptian security officials. Leading the delegations was Yitzhak Molcho, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s special envoy. The content of the meetings was not disclosed.
Former British prime minister Tony Blair (AP/Matt Rourke)
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