87 m. ago Dragged into Gaza after their observation post was raided and their unarmed female comrades murdered. Two Israeli hostages describe their ordeal for the first time

As is the tradition among the women known as Israel 's 'eyes on the border', Shahaf Nissani was allowed to choose who attended her farewell 'tea time' feast before her last shift on the border.

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2 h. ago Hamas AGREES to hand over all hostages under Trump peace plan for Gaza: Rejects Tony Blair

Hamas says it has agreed to release all Israeli hostages and return the remains of the deceased under Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza, Reuters has reported.

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3 d. ago Left's fury as Starmer backs Tony Blair to help run Gaza in extraordinary Trump 'peace plan'

Donald Trump named Tony Blair as a member of a new board that would run the territory if a ceasefire can be achieved between Israel and Hamas.

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3 d. ago Netanyahu warns Hamas to accept Trump’s Gaza peace plan including role for Tony Blair: Live updates

Former British PM Tony Blair would join Gaza’s governing board — run by Trump — under a sweeping White House plan

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3 d. ago Hamas studying Donald Trump's plan to govern Gaza with Tony Blair

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urges Hamas and Israel to ‘finalise this agreement and bring it into reality’

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3 d. ago Netanyahu warns Hamas to accept Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes role for Tony Blair: Live updates

Former British PM Tony Blair would join Gaza’s governing board — run by Trump — under a sweeping White House plan

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4 d. ago Donald Trump says Tony Blair could be part of authority in Gaza peace plan

Mr Trump called the former Prime Minister, who led Britain into war in Iraq, as a 'good man, very good man'

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4 d. ago Trump and Tony Blair set to run Gaza if Hamas accepts ‘peace plan’ but Netanyahu vows to ‘finish the job’ if not: Live updates

Former British PM would join Gaza’s governing board — run by Trump — under a sweeping White House plan

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4 d. ago Donald Trump and Tony Blair to 'govern Gaza' under President's plan to end war

Donald Trump has unveiled his plan to end the war in Gaza, which includes him and Tony Blair forming part of a temporary governing board and an immediate end to fighting.

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4 d. ago Tony Blair and Donald Trump to 'govern Gaza' under President's plan to end war

Donald Trump has unveiled his 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, which includes him and Tony Blair forming part of a temporary governing board and an immediate end to fighting

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4 d. ago Tony Blair £300million Gaza peace plan revealed with crisis 'war room', elite bodyguard protection and an internationally vetted police force to bring order to the Strip

Sir Tony would be chairman of the Gaza International Transitional Authority (GITA), leading the Strip's international diplomacy on the world stage.

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7 d. ago Digital ID could form ‘bedrock of modern state’, says senior Starmer aide

Darren Jones, chief secretary to the Prime Minister, said the proposal could lead to ‘exciting’ public service reform.

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7 d. ago Tony Blair: Plan for former prime minister to lead Gaza post

Sir Tony Blair would reportedly lead a post-war transitional authority in Gaza.

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7 d. ago Tony Blair ‘puts forward plan to lead interim government in Gaza’

The body would oversee the reconstruction and governance of the beleaguered Gaza Strip, with former PM heading it for up to five years, it has been claimed

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8 d. ago Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority

Proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian ruleThe White House is backing a plan under which the former British prime minister Tony Blair would head a temporary administration of the Gaza Strip, initially without the direct involvement of the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to reports in the Israeli media.Under the proposal, Blair would head a body called the Gaza International Transitional Authority (Gita) which would have a mandate to be Gaza’s “supreme political and legal authority” for as long as five years. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Australia’s national broadcaster ordered to pay £73,000 to journalist unlawfully fired over Gaza post

Court says ABC let down Australian public when it ‘abjectly surrendered the rights of its employee to appease a lobby group’

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2 w. ago Trump reportedly backs Blair’s vision for a postwar Gaza – but will it work?

The proposal has yet to be shared with regional actors and its central premise may not be accepted by Israel

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last month Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan is an obscenity. Can we really trust Tony Blair to have told him so? | Simon Jenkins

The former PM’s leaked visit to the White House is concerning. This scheme is an outrage that no other Arab – or western – state could backSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreTony Blair’s leaked presence at the recent White House discussion of Donald Trump’s “Gaza Riviera” plan is either good news or outrageous. Good news if he used his influence with Trump to terminate this obscenity. Dreadful news if he were to be party to it.The plan itself was first outlined to an incredulous world by Trump in February. The details have now emerged. It involves the expulsion – the de facto imprisonment – of 2 million Palestinians, while the US administers the exclave for 10 years. Each Palestinian would be paid $5,000 each plus four years’ rent somewhere else and one year’s supply of food. Gaza is then rebuilt as a skyscraper wonderland of artificial intelligence inv...

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last month Thailand tycoon who championed cannabis laws takes lead in race for PM

Anutin Charnvirakul gets main opposition party’s conditional backing to form interim governmentThe tycoon turned politician Anutin Charnvirakul appears to have taken the lead in a chaotic race to become Thailand’s next prime minister, after days of tense negotiations.Anutin, who is leader of the conservative Bhumjaithai party and perhaps best known for championing medical cannabis legalisation, has the backing of MPs from the main opposition People’s party to form an interim government, provided he signs an agreement laid out by its leaders. Continue reading...

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