Middle East envoy Tony Blair (C) visits a dairy factory in the West Bank city of Hebron October 20, 2009. Bodyguards subdued a Palestinian man on Tuesday as he approached Blair, shouting "You are a terrorist." The former British prime minister was verbally assailed while visiting an ancient mosque during an official trip to the West Bank city of Hebron. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Middle East envoy Tony Blair (C) visits a dairy factory in the West Bank city of Hebron October 20, 2009. Bodyguards subdued a Palestinian man on Tuesday as he approached Blair, shouting "You are a terrorist." The former British prime minister was verbally assailed while visiting an ancient mosque during an official trip to the West Bank city of Hebron.

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  1. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 10: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Fatah Central Committee on November 10, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas has threatened to resign from Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee and the Fatah Central Committee and would not seek re-election as president in the January 2010 elections, if the international community fail to force Israel to stop settlement construction on Palestinian land.
  2. Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair tastes olive oil during visit to Canaan Fair Trade company in the village of Burqin near the West Bank city of Jenin on November 10, 2009.
  3. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair arrives at a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  4. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair is surrounded by his bodyguards during a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  5. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair arrives at a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  6. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair is surrounded by his bodyguards during a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  7. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair arrives at a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  8. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair is surrounded by his bodyguards during a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  9. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair talks during a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  10. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair talks during a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  11. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair talks during a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  12. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair talks to local politicians during a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  13. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair takes part in a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  14. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair looks on during a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  15. The convoy of Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair crosses the newly opened Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas could resign, leading to a potential collapse of the Palestinian Authority, if US efforts to relaunch Middle East peace talks stay deadlocked, aides warn.
  16. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 08: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major attend the Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph on November 8, 2009 in London, England. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War and on Remembrance Sunday the country honours its veterans with the commemorations paying particular focus to the troops who have lost their lives in current conflicts. A British soldier from 2nd Battalion The Rifles, became the 200th British soldier to lose his life in combat in Afghanistan yesterday, bringing the total number of British losses, including accidents and illnesses, to 231.
  17. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 08: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg MP, Conservative Party Leader David Cameron MP and Prime Minister Gordon Brown attend the Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph on November 8, 2009 in London, England. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War and on Remembrance Sunday the country honours its veterans with the commemorations paying particular focus to the troops who have lost their lives in current conflicts. A British soldier from 2nd Battalion The Rifles, became the 200th British soldier to lose his life in combat in Afghanistan yesterday, bringing the total number of British losses, including accidents and illnesses, to 231.
  18. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 08: (L) Lord Peter Mandelson watches, Conservative Party leader David Cameron (C) prepare to lay a wreath along with Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg (2R)and former PM Tony Blair (R) during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph on Whitehall on November 8, 2009 in London, England.

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  1. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 10: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Quartet Envoy to the Middle East Tony Blair on November 10, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank. Abbas has threatened to resign from Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee and the Fatah Central Committee and would not seek re-election as president in the January 2010 elections if the international community fail to force Israel to stop settlement construction on Palestinian land.
  2. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair arrives at a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  3. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 08: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Former Prime Minister Tony Blair attends the Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph on November 8, 2009 in London, England. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War and on Remembrance Sunday the country honours its veterans with the commemorations paying particular focus to the troops who have lost their lives in current conflicts. A British soldier from 2nd Battalion The Rifles, became the 200th British soldier to lose his life in combat in Afghanistan yesterday, bringing the total number of British losses, including accidents and illnesses, to 231.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Leader of the Conservative party David Cameron delivers a press briefing at St Stephan's Club on October 27, 2009 in London, England. Questions focused on the EU ratification and the likelihood of ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair becoming the new EU President.
  5. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting on October 27, 2009 in London, England. Speculation surrounds Gordon Brown this week after Downing Street dismissed claims that the Prime Minister is lobbying for former PM Tony Blair to become European president.
  6. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: Former Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives at the wedding of Charles Dunstone and Celia Gordon Shute at Christ Church Spitalfields on October 10, 2009 in London, England.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Former Prime Minister Tony Blair looks on during a reception at London Guildhall after a Service of Commemoration to mark the end of combat operations in Iraq on October 9, 2009 in London, England. The commemoration was attended by veterans and the relatives of the 179 who died during the conflict which officially ended on April 30.
  8. Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall (L) and Britain's Prince William arrive for a service of commemoration to mark the end of the combat operations in Iraq, at St Paul's Cathedral, in London, on October 9, 2009. The Archbishop of Canterbury criticised policymakers Friday for failing to properly consider the human cost of the Iraq war, at a ceremony attended notably by former British premier Tony Blair. In a service to mark the loss of 179 British troops in the conflict, Rowan Williams reminded his audience at London's St Paul's Cathedral of the divisions caused by the military campaign to depose Saddam Hussein.
  9. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) meets with Middle East Quartet representative Tony Blair, before a meeting at the Department of State on October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The former British Prime Minister is currently serving as a representative of the Middle East Quartet.
  10. READING, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Players of British teams that will take part in the Heineken Cup (L-R) Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers) Mike Blair, (Edinburgh), Will Skinner (Harlequins), Tom Willis (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), Bob Casey (London Irish), Paul Tito (Cardiff Blues), Dean Schfield (Sale Sharks), Gareth Delve (Gloucester), Mark Jones, (Scarlets), Butch James (Bath) and Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) pose during the Heineken Cup UK Launch at the Madejski Stadium on September 29, 2009 in Reading, England.
  11. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: Prime Minister of Palestinian Authority Salam Fayyad (C), Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg (L), and Special Envoy of the Middle East Quartet Tony Blair meet members of the press after they were briefed on the work of the Ad Hock Liaison Committee at United Nations headquarters on September 22, 2009 in New York City. U.S. President Barack Obama will host a meeting with Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas in hopes of restarting Middle East peace talks.
  12. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R), Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad (L) and Special Envoy of the Middle East Quartet Tony Blair leave after a press conference on September 22, 2009 at the United Nations in New York.
  13. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 21: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Former Prime Minister Tony Blair attend the 2009 Climate Week NYC kickoff at The New York Public Library on September 21, 2009 in New York City.
  14. Former British prime minister Tony Blair speaks during the opening ceremony of Climate Week NY°C at the New York Public Library in New York on September 21, 2009. The event, an initiative of global non-profit The Climate Group, in partnership with the UN, the Government of Denmark, the City of New York, the TckTckTck campaign and the Carbon Disclosure Project, aims to support UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's call to secure a global climate deal.
  15. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - AUGUST 31: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets the Quartet envoy to the Mideast, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on August 31, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Quartet Envoy Tony Blair and the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana held meetings in Jerusalem to discuss peace initiatives.

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