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| Report: Blair told Trump that Gazans want new leadership, hope the Strip can become the next UAE |
| 2025-08-31 |
| [IsraelTimes] Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told US President Donald Trump that Gazans are seeking new leadership and hope the enclave can become developed in the same way as the United Arab Emirates, London’s The Times says it understands. Trump presided over a policy meeting Wednesday on the Gaza war, receiving input from Blair and former Trump Middle East envoy Jared Kushner. A White House official said they discussed all aspects of the Gaza issue, including escalating food aid deliveries, the hostage crisis, post-war plans and more. According to The Times, Blair told Trump that it was still possible to advance a peace deal, with Palestinians united under a single government. The report says Blair presented polling done by his Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in May, which found that the nation Gazans most admire as a potential model for their future was the UAE with 27 percent, then Turkey with 15% and Singapore with 14%. No details were given in the report as to the methodology of the polling. The polling reportedly showed that 35% of Gazans believe the Palestinian Authority should govern the Strip after the war, with 27% wishing for a transitional international coalition working with local authorities. The polling found 22% want a national unity government including both Hamas and Fatah, and just 4% believe Hamas should remain the sole power in the enclave. The report says that Blair is not an advocate of the plan to Gazans relocating or being relocated, but that his institute would not comment on whether the former UK premier would advocate for them to move temporarily during a potential reconstruction period. Related: Tony Blair 08/28/2025 Jared Kushner, Tony Blair reportedly to join Trump meet on Gaza’s future Tony Blair 08/09/2025 Keir Starmer's Decline: British Muslims Find Political Leader Tony Blair 07/25/2025 Former UK Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn launches new anti-Israel party |
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