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. His potentially leading role in Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza will likely do little to change that. Blair, 72, who is set to sit on the board of a proposed international transitional authority in the Palestinian territory, is credited with crafting the US leader’s plan alongside Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.

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

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

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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

Großbritanniens Ex-Premier Tony Blair soll auf Wunsch von Donald Trump eine wichtige Rolle im Gaza-Friedensplan spielen. Warum das umstritten ist.

Tony Blair widmet sich seit Jahrzehnten dem Nahostkonflikt. Nun soll der frühere britische Premierminister auch eine Rolle im Friedensplan für Gaza spielen.

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.…

UK’s top war criminal-turned-consultant is set to front Trump’s Gaza plan, where colonialism is sold as investment.

After helping negotiate peace in Northern Ireland, the former prime minister’s reputation was tarnished by his role in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Is he stepping into another…