Postwar Gaza authority potentially led by Tony Blair ‘would sideline Palestinians’

Draft plan's critics say it hands power to international figures and splits Gaza from Palestinian Authority in West Bank

A plan for a postwar Gaza governing authority potentially headed by the former UK prime minister Tony Blair would sideline key Palestinian political figures, while giving significant authority to its chair on most key issues, according to a leaked confidential proposal.

The 21-page draft document, seen by the Guardian and Haaretz in Israel, envisions the governance and reconstruction of postwar Gaza being led by international officials, with Palestinians relegated to subsidiary roles. It also proposes a Gaza investment promotion and economic development authority involving public-private partnerships and blended finance instruments" aimed at delivering commercially viable returns" for investors.