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Eugene

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Former UK PM Tony Blair proposes he lead interim Gaza government - report

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Former UK PM Tony Blair proposes he lead interim Gaza government - report

Tony Blair suggested a transitional Gaza government, with support from Trump allies, would bring post-war stability.

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 03:18

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has proposed leading a transitional governing authority in Gaza following the end of the Israel-Hamas war, according to reports by The Telegraph and The Economist.

The plan, developed through the Tony Blair Institute (TBI), involves the creation of a temporary administration called the Gaza International Transitional Authority (GITA). GITA would be established under United Nations auspices and serve as the governing authority in post-war Gaza for several years before transferring control to the Palestinian Authority (PA), pending internal reforms.

Blair, 72, reportedly offered to head the interim body on the condition that it would eventually return power to the Palestinian Authority. According to The Economist, Blair is prepared to devote his time to implementing the proposal.

The initiative has garnered support from Jared Kushner, former adviser to President Donald Trump, and Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy. The two presented the plan during a meeting with Trump at the White House on August 27.

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Read more: https://www.jpost.com/international/article-868639

Alternate link: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/former-uk-pm-tony-blair-proposes-he-lead-interim-gaza-government/ar-AA1NjSUq

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Source: The Guardian

Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority

Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule

Patrick Wintour in New York
Thu 25 Sep 2025 21.03 BST
Last modified on Fri 26 Sep 2025 02.30 BST

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.

According to reports in Haaretz and the Times of Israel, the plan is modelled on the administrations that initially oversaw Timor-Leste and Kosovo’s transitions to statehood. The proposal suggests that Gita could at first be based in el-Arish, an Egyptian provincial capital near Gaza’s southern border, and would eventually enter the territory accompanied by a UN-endorsed, largely Arab multinational force. The plan envisions “the eventual unifying of all the Palestinian territory under the PA”.

Under the plan, Palestinians would not be made to leave the territory, as had been feared would occur under previous US proposals to develop it as the “Gaza Riviera”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/washington-backing-plan-for-tony-blair-to-head-transitional-gaza-authority

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