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Tony Blair Institute Confirms Staff Role in Gaza Redevelopment Planning

It insists it merely observed the meetings without drafting or endorsing the widely condemned proposal.

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Overview

  • The 30-page “Great Trust” slide deck drafted by Israeli businessmen with Boston Consulting Group support proposes projects such as a “Trump Riviera,” blockchain trade and special economic zones.
  • The plan assumes at least 25 percent of Palestinians would relocate voluntarily, offering payments up to $500,000 and drawing accusations of ethnic cleansing.
  • Tony Blair Institute staff joined a 12-person messaging group to discuss postwar scenarios but the institute says it did not author or approve the final presentation.
  • Boston Consulting Group has distanced itself from the scheme, which remains unadopted and has faced criticism from human rights advocates.
  • The proposal calls for Gaza’s public land to be placed in an Israeli-managed trust until demilitarization and deradicalization, with backing from Gulf and U.S. investors.