{"id":107929,"date":"2014-07-01T00:05:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T21:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=107929"},"modified":"2023-04-03T11:42:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T08:42:55","slug":"sack-tony-blair-as-the-middle-east-peace-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2014\/07\/01\/sack-tony-blair-as-the-middle-east-peace-envoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sack Tony Blair as the Middle East “Peace Envoy”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tony Blair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WANT BLAIR GONE AS “PEACE ENVOY”? HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 27th June<\/strong>\u00a02014 will mark the\u00a0seventh<\/strong>\u00a0year<\/strong>\u00a0that Tony Blair has served as the Quartet Representative to the Middle East. This is an\u00a0urgent call<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to end this\u00a0insult to the region\u2019s people<\/strong>\u00a0by having him sacked as the so-called\u00a0\u201cPeace Envoy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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SEVEN REASONS FOR SEVEN YEARS<\/strong><\/p>\n

To mark the occasion, here are\u00a0seven reasons to #SackBlair<\/strong>\u00a0for the\u00a0seven years\u00a0<\/strong>he has been in the role.<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>War = Peace?! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Tony Blair and George W Bush\u2019s illegal invasion of Iraq destroyed an entire Middle Eastern society.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Pro-Israeli bias \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Both as Prime Minister and Envoy, Blair has shown a consistent and blatant bias towards Israel.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>7 years bad luck for Palestine \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The last seven years have shown Blair either incapable or unwilling to achieve anything meaningful for the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Conflict of interest? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The way Blair works, it is often unclear where his envoy role ends and his business interests begin.<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Peace Envoy = Warmonger?! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since his appointment Blair has repeatedly called for yet more Middle Eastern wars \u2013 in Iran, Syria and now Iraq again.<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Living like a V.I.P. \u2013 on our V.A.T. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Envoy\u00a0Blair has luxuriated Jerusalem\u2019s poshest hotel at the taxpayer\u2019s expense, while families in the Occupied Territories struggle to feed their children.<\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Advising autocrats \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Alongside his envoy role, Blair has been hiring himself out to tyrants with histories of human rights abuses.<\/p>\n

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THIS IS OUR TIME<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Tony Blair\u2019s outrageous comments and Iraq in flames across the news, there\u2019sno better time than now\u00a0<\/strong>to launch this campaign.<\/p>\n

Professor Chomsky, British MPs from both major parties and 3 former UK ambassadors to the Middle East<\/strong>\u00a0already support our campaign.\u00a0Now it\u2019s your turn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sign the petition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

#SackBlair<\/strong><\/p>\n

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To:\u00a0<\/strong>Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations<\/strong><\/div>\n
Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union<\/strong><\/div>\n
John Kerry, Secretary of State, United States<\/strong><\/div>\n
Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister, Russia<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Please remove Tony Blair as the Quartet Representative with immediate effect.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Sincerely,<\/strong>
\n [Your name]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Petition: \u00a0http:\/\/www.change.org\/en-GB\/petitions\/ban-ki-moon-sack-tony-blair-as-the-middle-east-peace-envoy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  WANT BLAIR GONE AS “PEACE ENVOY”? HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN Friday 27th June\u00a02014 will mark the\u00a0seventh\u00a0year\u00a0that Tony Blair has served as the Quartet Representative to the Middle East. This is an\u00a0urgent call\u00a0to end this\u00a0insult to the region\u2019s people\u00a0by having him sacked as the so-called\u00a0\u201cPeace Envoy.\u201d   SEVEN REASONS FOR SEVEN YEARS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":107930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[2527,9482,9483,902],"class_list":["post-107929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-middle-east-africa","tag-peace-envoy","tag-sack-tony-blair","tag-tony-blair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}