Tony Blair thinktank worked with project developing a 'Trump Riviera' Gaza plan

Tony Blair's thinktank worked with a project developing a postwar Gaza plan that included the creation of a "Trump Riviera" and a manufacturing zone named after Elon Musk.

- Ben Quinn

The project, led by Israeli business people and using financial models developed by the US consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG), was developed against the backdrop of Donald Trump's vision of taking over the Palestinian territory and transforming it into a resort.

While the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) said it was not involved in the authorship of the plan, two staff took part in calls as the project evolved.

The staff also took part in a message group used for the project, along with figures from BCG and the Israeli business people, while a TBI document titled Gaza Economic Blueprint was shared within it, the Financial Times reported.

The report prompted an angry reaction from the institute, which Blair set up after he left Downing Street. It has more than 900 staff in more than 45 countries.

The former prime minister has been involved in the region and worked for nearly eight years as special representative of the Quartet of international powers - the UN, EU, US and Russia - seeking a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. He resigned in 2015.