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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has made it known that he is available if needed to help in an effort to end the growing crisis between Israel and Palestine.
A few hours ago, according to Israeli press reports, it was said that Israel wants former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to serve as a coordinator for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
Blair has strong contacts with the Gulf states. In an earlier period, he played a behind-the-scenes role encouraging Hamas to change its stance toward Israel. In 2017 he said he regretted the Western decision not to engage with Hamas after it won legislative elections in the Palestinian territories in 2006, leaving Hamas largely isolated and without political options compared to military options.
He said that in retrospect the West should have tried to draw Hamas into dialogue. Blair was appointed special envoy to the Quartet - a body made up of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia - shortly after he left No 10 in 2007 and resigned in 2015. His job was not to make peace general, but a narrower focus in technical terms such as increasing humanitarian aid, strengthening the Palestinian economy and strengthening governance in the occupied territories, including the Palestinian Authority.
In this role, he found himself fighting relatively minor battles with Israel to remove dozens of Israeli roadblocks in the West Bank, ease the movement of workers and free the transport of Palestinian products to markets. He also helped boost tourism in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and helped secure thousands of permits for Palestinian workers to work in Israel.
Ultimately, the scale of the Israeli blockade, born of fears for Israel's security, made the job unaffordable since without political coexistence, there was little opportunity for economic progress in the West Bank
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