Tony Blair Ought to Be on Trial for Warfare Crimes, Not Working Gaza

[ad_1] <source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yMqf!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yMqf!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yMqf!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yMqf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"/><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yMqf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg" width="728" height="483.41013303141807" data-attrs="{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":2346,"width":3533,"resizeWidth":728,"bytes":1219462,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":"https://zeteo.com/i/174926698?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F33fc4666-f241-40d2-a05a-7eb3b0b4dac0_3533x2918.jpeg","isProcessing":false,"align":null,"offset":false}" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yMqf!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yMqf!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yMqf!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yMqf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6d1c9a7c-fe44-457c-b8bd-a7c21dee5127_3533x2346.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high" class="sizing-normal"/> Blair on July 13, 2023, in London. Picture by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Pictures There was a time when Donald Trump believed the problem of Israel and Palestine might solely be solved by Jared Kushner. “For those who can’t produce peace within the Center East, no person can,” he told his son-in-law on the eve of his first-term inauguration in 2017, earlier than bizarrely appointing the then-36-year-old property developer to guide on the problem.

Now, 9 months into his second time period, Trump is pinning his hopes for peace within the Center East on a way more skilled however much more controversial determine: 72-year-old Tony Blair.

Sure, that Tony Blair.

In his 20-point “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict ,” launched by the White Home on Monday, the ninth level jumps out from the textual content:

“Gaza will likely be ruled beneath the short-term transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee, answerable for delivering the day-to-day working of public providers and municipalities for the folks in Gaza. This committee will likely be made up of certified Palestinians and worldwide specialists, with oversight and supervision by a brand new worldwide transitional physique, the “Board of Peace,” which will likely be headed and chaired by President Donald J. Trump, with different members and heads of State to be introduced, together with Former Prime Minister Tony Blair.”

Sorry, what? Placing Tony Blair answerable for any form of peace effort within the Center East is like making the arsonist the pinnacle firefighter; the burglar the chief detective.