BBC Middle East Expert Explains Why Palestinians Don't Want Tony Blair Running Gaza

Donald Trump and Tony Blair at the Gaza Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday.A BBC Middle East expert has explained why Palestinians do not want Tony Blair involved in the running of Gaza.Jeremy Bowen said the move, which has been proposed as part of Donald’s Trump’s peace plan for the region, has echoes of British “colonialism” in the past.The US president has said he will chair a “board of peace” made up of Palestine and European administrators, including Blair, to initially run Gaza following the end of the Israel-Hamas war.But speaking on Radio 4′s Today programme, Bowen said: “One thing the Palestinians have said is they do not want the supreme authority in Gaza to be a gang of foreigners, by the sounds of it quite a lot of white European and American men, running the place.“There’s been a lot of talk of ‘colonialism’. The idea that Tony Blair might be on it, people have compared that to the British high commissioners who ran Palestine between 1917 and 1948 ... and the question is ‘now they’re back’.“Clearly that’s a bit exaggerated, but that is the impression that some of these plans are giving.”Although Blair was pictured with Trump at Monday’s peace summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, the US president has cast doubt on whether the former PM will end up playing a role in the governance of Gaza.Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One , he said: “I like Tony, I’ve always liked Tony, but I want to find out that he’s an acceptable choice to everybody.“I want to find out that Tony would be popular with all because I just don’t know that.”Related...'It's Not A Peace Deal': BBC Expert Delivers Brutal Reality Check To Donald Trump Over GazaTrump's Peace Envoy Sparks Confusion By Praising The UK's 'Vital Role' In Ending Gaza WarTrump Casts Doubt On Whether Tony Blair Will Help Run Gaza After All

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