JERUSALEM (JTA) — Quartet Mideast envoy Tony Blair was attacked verbally at a mosque in Hebron.
During an official visit Tuesday to the West Bank city, a Palestinian protester approached Blair and shouted, "You are a terrorist," Reuters reported.
Blair’s bodyguards restrained the man, who also said of Blair, "He is not welcome in the land of Palestine."
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