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\r\n\tTony's Blair resignation as Middle East 'peace' envoy has been widely welcomed by Palestinians who say his term was useless.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tFor the past eight years the former British prime minister had been tasked by the Mideast Quartet to help mediate a peaceful settlement to the Palestinian issue.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tThe Quartet -- the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States -- had appointed him to support the PA economy and institutions in preparation for eventual statehood.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tPalestinians say Blair was siding with Israel at their expense, and unleashed a torrent of criticism against him.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t"He did nothing for the Palestinian cause but was used by Israel to justify its occupation and settlement policy," PA negotiator Mohammad Shtayyeh said.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t"We are happy that Tony Blair is going. He should have resigned a long time ago."<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2015-05-29 14:53:54","content_date_finish":"2015-05-29 14:53:54","content_date_register":"2015-05-29 14:53:54","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"124977","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3344643200","attach_date_register":"2015-05-29 14:53:59","attach_id":"127956","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"460","attach_img_height":"288","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"159","visit_date_last":"2025-05-10 21:52:51","attach_title":"Palestinians happy over Blair's resignation","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]