Revealed: What Tony Blair and President Trump spoke about during White House meeting on Gaza

New details of Tony Blair and President Trump’s White House meeting on Gaza this week have been revealed.

The former Prime Minister held talks on the Middle East process with the US President and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, with whom he has worked with for months, on August 27.

They were previously said to have considered how the territory can be rebuilt when its bombardment by the Israeli army is over, alongside how it can be governed in future without Hamas.

As well as the ‘day after’ plan they also discussed the ongoing crisis including how food aid can be increased and what can be done to free the hostages still being held by Hamas.

Now, it has been revealed that Sir Tony also informed Trump during their meeting that the people of Gaza desire new leadership and even have dreams of becoming the new Dubai.

It is understood that the former Prime Minister, 72, used their talks at the White House to show that support for Hamas was lower among Palestinians, The Times has reported.

He was also said to have advanced his view that a peace deal could still be possible, alongside his long-term desire for a single government to unite the two. 

Sir Tony’s institute’s polling of Gazans, conducted in May, revealed that the nation were most receptive of a future model of the territory that emulated the United Arab Emirates, home to Dubai. 

Sir Tony Blair (pictured) held talks on the Middle East process with the US President and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, with whom he has worked with for months, on August 27

It has been revealed that Sir Tony also informed Trump during their meeting that the people of Gaza desire new leadership and even have dreams of becoming the new Dubai 

Both Sir Tony and Jared Kushner (pictured), married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka and previously the president’s political gatekeeper in his first term, have been understood to be working on an alternative to terror group Hamas governing the region for months

 Up to 15 per cent of Gazans said they would prefer a model similar to Turkey, while 14 per cent voted for Singapore. 

Meanwhile, just four per cent of those polled said they supported Hamas as the sole figures in power, while 35 per cent said they would like a Palestinian Authority.

A transitional international coalition that works alongside a local administration was favoured by 27 per cent, while a national unity government that included both Hamas and Fatah had the support of 27 per cent of those surveyed. 

Both Sir Tony and Kushner, married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka and previously the president’s political gatekeeper in his first term, have been understood to be working on an alternative to terror group Hamas governing the region for months.

While Kushner does not hold an official position within Trump’s administration, he is advising the President’s Middle Eastern strategy from afar. 

At the meeting, key Trump cabinet officials were also present and gave their input, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and special envoy Steve Witkoff, according to Axios.

‘They tried to give an idea of how Gaza could be governed and how you create an environment for investment so that reconstruction can happen,’ a source told Axios.

‘The goal was to run the ideas by Trump to see if he likes them and want to move forward, so that Witkoff and Rubio can use them.’

Pictured: Kushner and Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka. In February last year, Kushner suggested that Israel should remove civilians out of the Gaza strip while it ‘cleans up’ the area. ‘Gaza’s waterfront property, it could be very valuable’, he said

Sir Tony’s institute’s polling of Gazans, conducted in May, revealed that the nation were most receptive of a future model of the territory that emulated the United Arab Emirates, home to Dubai

While Kushner does not hold an official position within Trump’s administration, he is advising the President’s Middle Eastern strategy from afar (Pictured: Trump and Kushner seen in 2017)

 Sir Tony’s advisory role comes after the US leader previously called for the Gaza strip to turned into the ‘riviera of the Middle East’ and for the Palestinian citizens to be forcibly relocated to neighbouring countries.

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change previously declared that Sir Tony ‘never authored, developed or endorsed’ the permanent relocation of Gazans.

In February last year, Kushner suggested that Israel should remove civilians out of the Gaza strip while it ‘cleans up’ the area.

‘Gaza’s waterfront property, it could be very valuable, if people would focus on building up livelihoods,’ Kushner said in an interview with the Middle East Initiative, a program of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

But a poll, commissioned by the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) showed that just 30 per cent of Gazans wish to leave the region permanently, while just over a third said that they refused to leave. 

Earlier this year, Donald Trump promoted a controversial vision for what his ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ plan for the Gaza Strip could look like when the war between Israel and Hamas ends.

The AI-generated video – in a series of bold, gaudy images – shows a Trump hotel, a giant golden statue of Trump, and a child holding a Trump balloon among resplendent beach-front resort complexes.

‘First Buddy’ Elon Musk is seen tossing around cash to visitors and children, while Trump dances with a belly dancer and drinks cocktails with Netanyahu.

Trump posted the clip after he said the United States will ‘take over’ and ‘own’ the war-torn Gaza Strip during a press conference with Netanyahu.

Earlier this year, Donald Trump promoted a controversial vision for what his ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ plan for the Gaza Strip could look like when the war between Israel and Hamas ends

President Donald Trump posted the clip after he said the United States will ‘take over’ and ‘own’ the war-torn Gaza Strip during a press conference with Netanyahu

The former prime minister, who holds an ‘obsession’ with finding a solution to the Israel-Palestine issue, has been working on plans to turn the war-torn area in to a ‘modern trade hub and resort destination’, according to The Times

It came after a US official told Axios that Mr Trump’s instructions are: ‘Get this fixed’ after it emerged that the First Lady of Turkey had written to Melania Trump begging for the suffering of Gazan children to be raised with Netanyahu

‘We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal … the Riviera of the Middle East, it could be so magnificent,’ Trump said while proposing relocating the majority of Gaza’s 2 million inhabitants.

The former prime minister, who holds an ‘obsession’ with finding a solution to the Israel-Palestine issue, has been working on plans to turn the war-torn area in to a ‘modern trade hub and resort destination’, according to The Times.

While Kushner has previously described Sir Tony as a ‘good friend to me and a good adviser’ on Middle Eastern issues, the 2019 ‘Peace to Prosperity’ conference indicated that the two shared differing views. 

Talks between the former PM and the president on August 27 are also understood to have covered plans for more humanitarian aid, according to The Telegraph.

 A White house official told the publication that every aspect of the war in Gaza were on the discussion table during the meeting.

It came after a US official told Axios that Mr Trump’s instructions are: ‘Get this fixed’ after it emerged that the First Lady of Turkey had written to Melania Trump begging for the suffering of Gazan children to be raised with Netanyahu.

The White House previously declared: ‘President Trump has been clear that he wants the war to end, and he wants peace and prosperity for everyone in the region.’

Sir Tony is also reported to have met Steve Witkoff in Washington DC last month, on the same day Mr Trump met Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

He later met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and briefed him on the post-war plans, according to US website Axios.

The former Labour leader was involved in a previous plan for Gaza when Joe Biden was president, having previously served as a Middle East peace envoy for almost eight years after leaving Downing Street.

British sources in Washington told The Times that they were unable to provide comment on whether Blair had liaised with either the government or the UK’s ambassador on what he had discussed with Trump.

Daily Mail has approached TBI and The White House for comment.