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Blair: Israel not getting enough credit for gestures to Palestinians

Quartet Mideast envoy Tony Blair said Monday that Israel was not getting enough credit for the many moves it was making to ease the Palestinians' lives. Blair was speaking during a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Vice Premier Silvan Shalom. The two briefed Blair on the measures Israel has been taking to improve the welfare of West Bank Palestinians and the economic projects it was initiating.