The former PM met with Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to discuss post-war plans for Gaza – which the US President has frequently mused about turning into a Las Vegas-style waterfront resort
Tony Blair has been urged to explain to MPs what advice he gave Donald Trump on Gaza.
The former PM met with the US President, alongside Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The ex-PM, who served as a Middle East envoy after leaving office in 2007, is understood to have discussed plans for the region when the war with Israel ends.
They’re also said to have discussed the hostage crisis and plans to escalate food aid deliveries.
Trump has often mused about expelling Palestinians from their homes and turning Gaza into a Las Vegas-style resort on the waterfront – an idea he is thought to have been given by Kushner.
The Tony Blair Institute has previously said none of the discussions Blair has had with Trump has involved the forced relocation of Palestinians.
But Blair is believed to have been working on plans alongside Kushner in recent months.
The meeting did not appear on the president’s public schedule, but US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Fox News that Trump would chair the meeting to discuss “a very comprehensive plan”.
Mr Witkoff did not provide any further details about the meeting, but told Fox he believed the conflict could be ended “certainly before the end of this year”.
Today, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey called on Blair to give evidence before Parliament on what went on in the closed-door meeting.
“Tony Blair needs to come before Parliament to give evidence about his discussions with the Trump administration about the ongoing war and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza,” he said.
“If he has special insight into Trump’s intentions, it’s only right that Parliament and the Government are made privy to this.
“Trump has a unique power to help end this war, get the hostages out, and get the desperately needed aid in to relieve the horrendous human suffering in Gaza. We must leverage all the information and resources at our disposal to make him do the right thing.”