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Middle East Quartet

Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair walks through the COP28 UN Climate Summit, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 3, 2023. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)
September 30, 2025, 5:46 pm
Tony Blair’s long experience in Middle East is both his strength and his weakness
Former UK prime minister, tapped to play key role in postwar Gaza administration under Trump’s ceasefire plan, was a peace envoy for nearly a decade after joining Iraq war
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
Member state flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
November 19, 2021, 3:24 am
Mideast Quartet expresses concern over West Bank violence, PA financial crisis
After UN meeting, envoys welcome Israeli efforts to assist Palestinian economy, call for addressing ‘fragile situation in Gaza’
By AP
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour addresses the United Nations Security Council, at UN headquarters, January 22, 2019. (AP/Richard Drew)
October 12, 2021, 7:10 pm
Frustrated with US, but reluctant to fight, PA envoy looks elsewhere for help
Ramallah’s man in New York, UN ambassador Riyad Mansour, tells ToI he appreciates what Biden administration has done but recognizes that Washington won’t push Jerusalem into talks
By Jacob Magid
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki shake hands as they leave a joint news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, May 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
May 5, 2021, 8:56 pm
Russia says it’s ready to promote direct Israeli-Palestinian contacts
Meeting with Palestinian counterpart, Russian FM Lavrov says Moscow willing to facilitate ‘direct dialogue’ between sides ‘in order to resolve all fundamental final-status issues’
By AP
View of the Israeli settlement of Ariel, in the West Bank on July 2, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
March 24, 2021, 4:14 pm
Mideast Quartet urges ‘meaningful’ dialogue to reach two-state solution
Convening online, envoys from US, Russia, EU and UN express concern over potential ‘unilateral actions,’ in apparent reference to Israeli settlement expansion
By AFP
World Bank President James Wolfensohn holds a news conference in Moscow, October 27, 1995. (AP PHOTO/Misha Japaridze)
November 26, 2020, 8:14 am
James Wolfensohn, former World Bank president and philanthropist, dies at 86
During his time as World Bank president, Wolfensohn was notable for his strategy of partnering with developing nations; helped shepherd Israel’s exit from Gaza
By Ron Kampeas
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov at a press conference at the UNSCO offices in Gaza City, September 25, 2017. (Adel Hana/AP)
June 6, 2020, 12:23 am
UN seeks meeting of Mideast mediators on Israel-Palestinians as annexation looms
United Nations’ envoy to region wants urgent summit of so-called Quartet before Netanyahu moves ahead with partial West Bank sovereignty bid
By Edith M. Lederer
File - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting in Bethlehem, January 23, 2020. (Alexander Nemenov, Pool via AP)
May 22, 2020, 8:15 pm
Russia to convene Mideast quartet for talks on West Bank annexation plans
Russian, US, UN and EU envoys to meet via video conference as Moscow works to bring Palestinians back to peace process amid anger over Trump peace plan
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, left, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pose for a photograph during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
May 20, 2020, 11:48 pm
Russia said pushing ‘mini-summit’ to mend ties between US, Palestinians
TV report says EU, UN also back proposed meeting in Geneva, viewing it as opportunity to prevent West Bank annexation under Trump plan; unclear if Israel will get invite
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to the UN Security Council at the United Nations headquarters on February 11, 2020 in New York (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)
February 11, 2020, 7:30 pm
Abbas at UN rejects US plan: It legalizes the illegal, leaves us ‘Swiss cheese’
PA chief tells Security Council he’s ready for talks with Israel under Quartet on basis of international resolutions, insinuates Trump was misled; Netanyahu: Recognize our rights
By Adam Rasgon
US President Barack Obama (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 9, 2015. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
July 23, 2018, 5:19 am
Obama’s peace envoy: Israel is carrying out ‘reversed Oslo’ in West Bank
Instead of gradually transferring power to PA, Jewish state is handing it to settlers, says former US State Department representative for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
By Jacob Magid
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, May 11, 2017. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
February 7, 2018, 2:08 pm
Abbas, Putin to discuss new peace talks mechanism sidelining US – report
Palestinians seeking to oust Middle East Quartet from process, and have Russia play a much more prominent role
By ToI Staff and Khaled Abu Toameh
Illustrative: US President Donald Trump center seated at the Arabic Islamic American Summit at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh, May 21, 2017. (AFP/MANDEL NGAN)
January 23, 2018, 4:42 pm
PA boycotting Trump team, but open to US role in multilateral peace bid
Diplomatic adviser to Abbas says Security Council powers or Quartet, both of which include Washington, could form basis to revitalize peace process
By Dov Lieber
US President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 25, 2017. (FLASH90)
January 16, 2018, 9:30 pm
Trump’s top peace envoy heads to Israel for meeting with Quartet
Jason Greenblatt will meet with envoys to ‘exchange information and continue our engagement on advancing peace,’ White House official says
By Eric Cortellessa
Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad, right, and Saleh al-Arouri, left, of Hamas talk to journalists after signing a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements ended their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
October 17, 2017, 9:20 pm
PA dismisses Israeli threat of talks freeze if Hamas in government
Abbas spokesman says reconciliation deal with terror group will help establish Palestinian state; Hamas says it rejects ‘Israeli intervention’
By Alexander Fulbright and Dov Lieber
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