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Khaled Shalaby@KShalaby · Sep 2, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was recently sent by Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to ask the…

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According to Middle East Eye, former UK PM Tony Blair was sent by Trump's Board of Peace to pressure the Palestinian Authority to replace "Palestine" with "Samaria" in schoolbooks, though Blair's institute denied the claim. A former British UN ambassador cited ministerial sources for the allegation, criticizing the Board of Peace as structurally inadequate for such negotiations.

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    EXCLUSIVE: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was recently sent by Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to ask the Palestinian Authority to replace any mention of the word “Palestine” in schoolbooks with the Jewish designation “Samaria”, Middle East Eye has heard. 🧵

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    Jeremy Greenstock, Britain’s ambassador to the UN between 1998 and 2003, told MEE that Blair attempted to exert pressure on the PA. He said he received the information from a ministerial-level source.

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    “If they were to be treated by the Board of Peace as capable of coming to an agreement with Israel to end the current conflict… the word ‘Palestine’ should be erased from textbooks,” Greenstock said.

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    “President Mahmoud Abbas said he would do no such thing,” Greenstock said. Blair’s Institute for Global Change denied that the former UK prime minister made the request.

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    Greenstock said Blair was facing “difficulties” in his role overseeing postwar Gaza for the board. He said Blair was not in a position to negotiate with both sides with equal respect and would be seen as prejudiced.

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    Greenstock called the Board of Peace an “abstract and arbitrary committee” and said it was not “a strong enough construct to bear the weight of the difficult decisions” over the future of the Palestinian territories.

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    Blair travelled to Israel in mid-August with Jared Kushner and the high representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov. The trio then travelled to Cairo for meetings with a Palestinian technocratic group and members of Hamas.

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    Read Middle East Eye’s full exclusive by David Hearst: middleeasteye.net/news/blair-ask…

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    Watch the full episode of The David Hearst Podcast on YouTube: youtu.be/JUQC4SMjgLI

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    Middle East Eye@MiddleEastEye · Sep 2, 2026

    Has Britain learned anything from two decades of military intervention in the Middle East? Catch the latest episode of The David Hearst Podcast with former UK envoy Sir Jeremy Greenstock on Youtube

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    Tony Blair’s institute has denied MEE’s report that Trump’s Board of Peace sent Blair to ask the PA to remove “Palestine” from schoolbooks. Read more: middleeasteye.net/news/blair-ins…

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    Middle East Eye@MiddleEastEye · Sep 3, 2026

    Tony Blair was sent by the Board of Peace to ask the Palestinian Authority to replace any mention of the word "Palestine" in schoolbooks with the Jewish designation of "Samaria", former UK diplomat Jeremy Greenstock told MEE's David Hearst. Watch the full episode on Youtube.