Blair Admits to Cabinet Splits over His Support for Bush on Israel
Brown, Colin, The Independent (London, England)
Battered by criticism, Tony Blair last night prepared for a holiday, leaving behind a cabinet torn by dissent, a party in turmoil, and a country dismayed by his handling of the Middle East crisis.
The Prime Minister robustly defended his decision to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with President George Bush in refusing to call for a ceasefire while Lebanon burns. His defence came amid claims in the New Statesman that there was a conspiracy between the US, Israel and Britain to launch a war on Lebanon.
Speaking at his monthly press conference, he said that events in Lebanon had to be seen as part of a wider picture and that a stand had to be made against the "arc of …
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Article title: Blair Admits to Cabinet Splits over His Support for Bush on Israel.
Contributors: Brown, Colin - Author.
Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England).
Publication date: August 4, 2006.
Page number: 2.
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