Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair is the butcher of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Tony Blair—a war criminal who destroyed Iraq—is officially one of the West’s colonial rulers of Gaza.

Donald Trump has confirmed Blair’s appointment to the newly-founded “Board of Peace” as part of the next phase of the ceasefire.

Socialist Worker report

Donald Trump has appointed the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and former British prime minister Tony Blair to a newly created Gaza “board of peace”, a body he claims will steer the next phase of reconstruction and governance in the war-ravaged territory.

The White House said the seven-strong “founding executive board” will also include Trump’s special envoy, the property developer Steve Witkoff; the World Bank president, Ajay Banga; and the president’s son-in-law and long-time adviser Jared Kushner. Trump himself will serve as chair, with further appointments expected in the coming weeks.

The president also appointed Aryeh Lightstone and Josh Gruenbaum as senior advisers to the board to oversee “day-to-day strategy and operations”. Nickolay Mladenov, a Bulgarian politician and former UN envoy to the Middle East, will serve as the High Representative for Gaza.

The list was made public a day after Trump announced the formation of the “board of peace” as part of phase two of the US-brokered plan to end the conflict in Gaza. Characteristically effusive, the president described it as the “Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place”.

Its creation follows the formation of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee tasked with running day-to-day affairs in post-war Gaza. The body will be headed by Ali Sha’ath, a Gaza native and former deputy minister in the Palestinian Authority.

The Guardian report

An absolute pro-zionist-american team of technocrats to mismanage Gaza following a Western-zionist genocide.