Trump Backs Plan to Make Ex-UK PM Tony Blair ‘Interim Administrator’ of Gaza: Report
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. (Read more from “Trump Backs Plan to Make Ex-UK PM Tony Blair ‘Interim Administrator’ of Gaza: Report” HERE)
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