Sir Tony Blair will join Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer at the Middle East peace summit in Egypt on Monday as he prepares to play a prominent role in post-war Gaza , The i Paper can reveal.

The former prime minister will be on Trump’s Board of Peace despite objections to the appointment by Hamas, it is understood.

On Sunday Blair received the crucial backing for his involvement in governance of the war-torn territory from the vice president of the Palestinian Authority – who are seen as pivotal in representing ordinary Palestinians as Hamas retreats from Gaza. New Feature

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It follows opposition to the appointment by a senior Hamas official, who said Blair’s historic role in the Middle East, including the war in Iraq, should exclu

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