Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu held talks on Monday with Quartet envoy Tony Blair, as international negotiators sought to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into some form of “peace” dialogue

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu held talks on Monday with Quartet envoy Tony Blair, as international negotiators sought to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into some form of “peace” dialogue.
  
Israeli officials confirmed the two had met but refused to give details of what was discussed, as media reports suggested the premier was shying away from sending his chief negotiator to meet Quartet representatives in Brussels.
  
The "peacemaking" diplomats, who last met in Munich on February 5, are due to meet again in Paris at an unspecified date in March, ahead of which their envoys were to hold separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Brussels.
  
Officials at Blair's office in occupied Jerusalem confirmed that Quartet envoys were holding a series of meetings in Brussels this week and were expected to meet with both Israeli and Palestinian representatives.
  
But reports in two Israeli newspapers said Netanyahu had not yet given the green light to his chief negotiator, Yitzhak Molcho, to attend the talks later this week.