This would be possibly as horrendous as Trump doing the job – the man who lied and led the UK into a war in Iraq to improve his relationship with Bush in the States and ensure large income from speeches after being kicked out of power – Peter
Sir Tony Blair is understood to have offered to lead the interim governing body of Gaza after presenting his plans to President Trump last month.
Blair, 72, is said to have the support of Mr Trump to oversee the proposed Gaza International Transitional Authority (Gita) which could become the “supreme political and legal authority” for the territory for up to five years.
The former prime minister has a longstanding interest in the region, forged as special envoy for the Quartet – the UN, EU, US and Russia – in the Middle East from 2007 to 2015.
He has been working on a plan for the days after a ceasefire in Gaza with Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, which they discussed at the White House in a private meeting with Mr Trump and his special envoy Steve Witkoff at the end of August.
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Neither Sir Tony’s foundation nor the White House commented on reports about the plan in The Economist and Israeli media.
It would involve Sir Tony heading a secretariat of up to 25 people and chairing a seven-person board to oversee an executive body running the territory.
The plan is said to be modelled on the authorities that oversaw the transition to statehood for both Timor-Leste and Kosovo.
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