Draft plan’s critics say it hands power to international figures and splits Gaza from Palestinian Authority in West Bank

LONDON: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair could take a leading role in a transitional authority for Gaza under US-led peace plans, various British media reported on Friday. It…

The body would oversee the reconstruction and governance of the beleaguered Gaza Strip, with former PM heading it for up to five years, it has been claimed

Tony Blair “governatore” di Gaza con la benedizione della Casa Bianca. L’ex premier britannico dovrebbe guidare per cinque anni Gaza...

The US plan ousts Hamas and forms an administration that will later be handed over to a reformed Palestinian Authority.

Proposed transitional authority will have global billionaires and businesspeople at top and Palestinians at bottom, according to leaked draft

Sir Tony would be chairman of the Gaza International Transitional Authority (GITA), leading the Strip's international diplomacy on the world stage.

Draft plan’s critics say it hands power to international figures and splits Gaza from Palestinian Authority in West Bank

LONDON: A leaked draft proposal for a postwar governing body in Gaza has raised alarm among Palestinian figures, who warn it would sideline them in favor of international…

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The former UK prime minister is the first named member of a new "Board of Peace" chaired by Donald Trump.

Donald Trump has unveiled a 20-point peace plan that has been backed by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and is being considered by Hamas

Former PM seems a perfect fit for Trump’s new era but his track record in the Middle East is not reassuring

Sir Tony Blair's presence on the Gaza "Board of Peace" comes as no surprise but he remains a divisive figure.

LONDON: Tony Blair, Britain’s former prime minister whose legacy was heavily tarnished by the 2003 war in Iraq, has long been a contentious figure in the Middle East and beyond.…