British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday called on the world to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas amid escalating violence and political turmoil in the West Bank and Gaza. Blair who maintains a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is key to broader peace in the Mideast, backed Abbas' announcement of new elections as a way of breaking the political impasse between rival Palestinian groups. The British leader urged the international community to show support for the Palestinian president, who is locked in a power struggle with the militant Islamic Hamas.
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