Trump trusts Blair, others don’t

As the Prime Minister of England for more than 10 years, Sir Tony Blair was a master of political reconciliation.

He was seen as a master negotiator of the central floor by breaking the way out of the throat of traditional left-right politics.

But if there were peace in Gaza and he was called to help the rest, even Teflon Tony would be the political Wiles to keep the weapons quietly and keep the weapons silent?

His default role is still not clear. Donald Trump’s 20 -point peace plan envisions an international transitional organ that will supervise Gaza’s governance after war.

The US President will chair this “Peace Board” and 72 -year -old Sir Tony will be a member. “A good man, a very good man,” Trump said to journalists.

Sir Tony’s presence on this hypothetical body would not be a surprise.

The former Prime Minister was closely interested in preparing peace proposals for months. Trump’s son -in -law Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lock consultant Ron Dermer.

In August, Sir Tony attended a high -level meeting with Trump in the White House to discuss a post -war strategy for the lane.

A month ago, he held talks with the President of the President Steve Witkoff at the White House.

In a statement, Sir Tony describes him as “brave and clever” and “the best chance of the two -year war, misery and pain”.

The authority created the possibility of “the possibility of” Israelis and Palestinians to find a way for peace “, but also a broader regional and global alliance in order to resist the powers of extremism and to promote peace and prosperity among nations.

And this is the key point: that’s what Sir Tony has pushed in different roles for decades.

From 1997, he supported the clinton administration’s efforts to find peace in the region.

On the day of his release in June 2007, he was appointed as a private ambassador for a quartet representing the United States, Russia, EU and the UN, designed to coordinate peace efforts, a role organized until 2015.

Since then, Tony Blair had worked tightly in the region, including the Institute of Global Change.

Diplomats say it is what makes Sir Tony unique; It has a reliable, unique network in the Middle East by the Trump administration and has long experience in dealing with both Israel and Palestinian leaderships.

Nick Hopton, General Manager of the Middle East Association, said that the former British prime minister is the only Western leader in which he could dream of taking part. “He has reliability and experience involved in the Middle East for 24 years.” He said.

“But only if he can rely on Donald Trump and also is not manipulated by Benjamin Netanyahu. He will also show that he trusts the leadership of Palestinian authority.”

But – and this is big, but – Sir Tony would take part in a lot of baggage.

For some, it is a divisive figure, some worse.

The country’s role in 2003 invasion of Iraq, which is based on false reports of mass destruction weapons, still stains its reputation in the region and led some to blame him for war crimes.

Francesca Albanian blonde for the rights in the occupied Palestinian regions. “Tony Blair? Hell no. Palestine is overhauled,” he said on social media. As a reference of the International Criminal Court, “Maybe we can meet in The Hague?”

Sir Simon Fraser, former President of the British Foreign Ministry, said that Sir Tony showed a real interest in the Palestinian issue and was trusted in Washington, Israel and the Gulf. “But the Arab street did not forget Iraq,” he said.

“Gaza’s future supervision needs a wider base and cannot look like an American/British business.”

Hamas, the first did not seem sharp. Husam Badran, a member of the group’s political office, said that this week, Sir Tony should be tried for the Iraq invasion without led Gaza. “Any plan related to Blair is a sick world,” he said.

Some Palestinians and others see Sir Tony historically very close to Israel and US positions. Nomi Bar-Yaacov, a former international peace negotiator, said, “I don’t think the Palestinians trust him.

Even British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who used the speech of the Labor Conference on Tuesday to praise the Trump Peace Plan, chose to talk about the key role that his predecessor could play.

For eight years, as the Middle East peace ambassador, Sir Tony had to help establish Palestinian authority, so that one day a Palestinian state had to be in a suitable state. However, very few claim that PA is the place where it is today.

The Palestinians also argue that they did not do enough to return against illegal settlements and the settlement violence. Some have focused on economic development and claimed that he had to file a stronger lawsuit for the Palestinian state.

The interesting question thinks why Sir Tony is still needed to try to end the fight in the Middle East. After his previous success, he has long seen himself for a long time after negotiating the good Friday agreement, which helped to reduce the conflict in Northern Ireland.

However, in the 1990s and the 2000s, I refused to admit that it could not always convince someone from the point of view as a political reporter and thus a close observer of the power of Blair years. It was a case for him. In this context, it can be seen as unfinished work by the Middle East Sir Tony.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that PA media Sir Tony would “increase the eyebrows” due to the Iraq war and said it was a “incredible legacy” to build peace in Northern Ireland. “If it can bring this skill to the conflict of Israel-Palestinian, with the support of Israelis, Palestinians and other regional forces, then it is much better,” Streeting said.

In fact, Blair’s role is a second -degree issue. Only if this peace plan is successful and survives, it will have a job to do, and there is no guarantee. The differences between the two sides and the differences between the frames that have not yet been solved by the frame specified by the White House.

Sanam Vakil, the Middle East Program Director of Chatham House Think Tank, said: “Tony Blair and Iraq focus on Western intervention, masks the real challenges of this peace framework, which is deprived of details, timelines and outputs, and has not yet had Palestine or Israel recruitment.

“Without a significant work to move beyond 20 points on a piece of paper, this plan will be another version of cosmetic diplomacy that buried structural injustice and deprived Palestinians from agencies and sovereignty.”

Perhaps it is really important, perhaps not Sir Tony Blair’s psychodrama and the controversial views of people about him. A more relevant question may be more relevant to any transition authority in Gaza, and whether Sir Tony has the right skills and experience to play an important role.

If it will be coordinated with the Gulf leaders and the White House, this is something. However, if it is desired to manage Gaza, to control the restructuring, security and economic development of the lane, this is quite different. “Viceroy Blair?” A diplomat texted me. “This will never wash.”