Tony Blair's long experience in the Middle East is both his strength and his weakness

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The U.S. proposal -- which President Donald Trump and Netanyahu said they agreed on after talks at the White House on Monday -- would put Gaza's territory and its more than 2 million people effectively under international control, deploying an international security force and installing a "Board of Peace" headed by Trump and Blair to oversee the administration and reconstruction.
51% : A Mideast diplomatic role After leaving office in 2007, Blair was appointed Middle East envoy by the "Quartet" of the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations -- a post that began with great promise but which struggled to deliver dramatic changes in its quest to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

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