Kate is a Senior Trends Reporter at HuffPost UK, covering the day's most compelling stories. She has worked in the national news since she became a qualified journalist and was previously a reporter with Express.co.uk
The former prime minister – who served as the Middle East peace envoy for eight years – believes the ongoing war betweensuspend some arms licenses to Israel last week,
“The difference between Northern Ireland peace process and the Israeli-Palestinian one is that in Northern Ireland, we were able to achieve peace but without an agreement as to what the final outcome .” But, he told LBC that in the Middle East, the “irony is that there is an agreement among most reasonable people that you need to have a two-state solution”.Hamas breached Israeli borders on October 7, killing 1,200 people on Israeli soil and taking around 250 others hostage.Blair claimed that he is still “deep in the politics of the region” having visited the Middle East around 270 times since leaving office.
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