'Specific' danger halts first visit of Quartet's envoy as he reaches border with Israel Tony Blair, the Quartet's envoy to the Middle East, canceled a visit to Gaza at the last minute yesterday citing a "specific security threat". It would have been Blair's first visit to the Gaza Strip, home to 1.5 million Palestinians, since he became envoy of the Quartet, which comprises the US, Russia, EU and UN, a year ago. He last visited Gaza in 1998 when he was prime minister. Yesterday Blair was due to visit a sewage plant in northern Gaza, whose repair and reconstruction he has supported as a project to help revive the beleaguered Palestinian economy. At a nearby UN boys' school, 10 senior Palestinians, along with senior UN staff, waited in a classroom for nearly three hours expecting to tell Blair the unvarnished story of life in...
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