Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks with Middle East Quartet envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) during a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 16, 2009. Blair called on Israel and Hamas to change their policies during a visit to the Gaza Strip on June 15 exactly two years after the Islamist group seized power in the enclave. Getty Images logo Getty Images 32 months ago

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks with Middle East Quartet envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) during a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 16, 2009. Blair called on Israel and Hamas to change their policies during a visit to the Gaza Strip on June 15 exactly two years after the Islamist group seized power in the enclave.

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