(Haaretz).Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the Quartet's Middle East envoy Tony Blair on Monday to discuss ways to improve the Palestinian economy. Netanyahu told Blair that the Palestinian residents of the West Bank could reach greater achievements if only they were to increase their cooperation with Israel.
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks backed by a quartet of international mediators - the European Union, the United States, the United Nations and Russia - are currently frozen.
Netanyahu's office said in a statement following the meeting between Netanyahu and Blair that "efforts and decisions are being made to accelerate the economic development in the area ... and to provide relief to the Palestinian residents.
