The White House is backing a plan that would see Tony Blair head a temporary administration of the Gaza Strip – initially without the direct involvement of the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to Israeli media reports.

Under the proposal, Blair would lead a body called the Gaza International Transitional Authority (Gita) that would have a mandate to be Gaza’s “supreme political and legal authority” for as long as five years.

But any role for the former Labour leader would inevitably prompt intense controversy. After stepping down as prime minister in 2007, he took on the role of Middle East envoy until 2015 and he enjoys a high standing with many Gulf leaders. But Blair is bitterly resented by many Palestinians – who see him as having impeded their efforts to attain statehood – and more broadly across the region for his role in backing the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago

They couldn’t be honest and just call it the British Mandate of Palestine?

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The war criminal who lied to help Bush invade Iraq?

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago*

    Blair's think tank has been doing the planning for the whole gaza riviera bullshit.

    He's been working closely with kushner and the israelis. According to a democracy now interview with a former state department mid east expert who's worked with blair in the past, this plan largely assumes that israel's genocide is successful.

    Blair is being appointed because he's been planning exactly how to loot the ruins of gaza to profit trump's family and netanyahu's friends.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Goddamn, that ghoul is still alive?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sounds likely a good appointment. Never seen Weak Misguided Dealings with the Middle-East from Tony Blair.

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    I'm sure Palestine, a state that has never been fucked over by the British, will happilly accept this.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    The last time the English had a mandate to "transition" in Palestine, terrorists blew up their headquarters. Later, when the Israeli authorities caught up with the vicious terrorist, they made him their 6th prime minister. Oh, and after the Nakba, the terrorist group he led, called Irgun, was rolled into the IDF.

    None of this is hyperbole. Both the US and UK designated Begin and Irgun as terrorists at the time.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Begin#1948_Palestine_war

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel#Bombing

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Coming back into the light like a ghoul of Christmas past

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Finally a fresh approach and not a reenactment of the British Mandate of Palestine.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Re-Colonization of the middle east.. Let's see history repeat itself again..

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    The kakistocracy continues.

    I can't think of anyone less suited for this role than war criminal and mouthpiece of dictators Tony Blair.

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