Posted on 09/27/2025 7:29:11 AM PDT by DFG
President Trump is backing a White House plan to tap former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to run Gaza under a United Nations-backed transitional authority once the war ends, according to Arab and US officials familiar with the proposal.
Under the draft, Blair, 72, would serve as interim administrator of a Gaza International Transition Authority (GITA) that would govern the enclave for several years with Palestinian technocrats and an Arab-led peacekeeping force before handing control to Palestinian leaders, officials told the Wall Street Journal.
The blueprint is being circulated to Arab and Israeli counterparts and remains one of several options under consideration, White House officials cautioned to the Journal.
The plan faces steep obstacles, including securing the support of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas, which would have to free all hostages and disarm, according to officials.
Some Arab governments and several Palestinian figures have received the outline positively, analysts said, adding that Trump’s backing gives it the strongest traction of any postwar plan floated so far.
It remains unclear whether Blair would wield day-to-day authority in Gaza or chair a supervisory board with limited executive powers. Blair’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
A White House official said in a statement: “A variety of proposals are being considered – but this will not be relevant unless Hamas releases every single hostage, living and deceased, and surrenders.”
Since leaving office in 2007, Blair has combined diplomacy, business and philanthropy — serving as the Quartet’s Middle East envoy, founding the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and advising major corporations.
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Of course a member of the establishment. What could go wrong?
Tony will ship them all to England.
It would be politically untenable not to have Arabs in his very extensive security detail and therefore there would be a tremendous danger that one of them would blow his head off or slit his throat some day. I wouldn’t take the gig at any price for that reason
There may be a case that Tony Blair would offer better leadership than Hamas.
It should be verboten for the UN to be anywhere near the Gaza given their past actions there.
Not a chance in hell
The Gaza Mandate.
Tony Blair: Future terrorist human shield and hostage.
Bad idea.
Pay no attention to this it’s a negotiating position. If it actually happens, which i doubt. A Farage government would have to agree to let them in.
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Tony Blair is the one person who has absolutely no constituency in the UK anymore. He completely lost credibility. He still has respect in the US and has been making money grifitng off of opportunities presented mainly by US Dem politicians like Obama and Clinton. I thought he had some good points but I didn’t live under his rule.
Hmmm.
LOL...good one.
He wasn’t even a good PM so why appointment him to run Gaza. I haven’t heard much about Grenell put him in charge of Gaza.
Assassination of Bachir Gemayel
...and countless others...
Good luck, Tony!
In some ways this is fun. The Arabs would have to allow it, which they won't. The UN would have to be waltzed into it, which they won't. The rivalry between Hamas and the PA would erupt big time, and that would be interesting. And the chitter-chat about possible monies would lure everyone into the fray. Food fight, geopolitical version.
I suspect President Trump is stirring the pot, and Blair could get his wish "good and hard."
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