"The White House is backing a plan under which the former British prime minister Tony Blair would head a temporary administration of the Gaza Strip, initially without the direct involvement of the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to reports in the Israeli media. Under the proposal, Blair would head a body called the Gaza International Transitional Authority, Gita, which would have a mandate to be Gaza's supreme political and legal authority for as long as five years."
"The proposal suggests that Gita could at first be based in el-Arish, an Egyptian provincial capital near Gaza's southern border, and would eventually enter the territory accompanied by a UN-endorsed largely Arab multinational force. The plans envisions the eventual unifying of all the Palestinian territory under the PA. Under the plan, Palestinians would not be made to leave the territory, as had been feared would occur under previous US proposals to develop it as a Gaza Riviera."
The White House is backing a proposal to create the Gaza International Transitional Authority (Gita) led by Tony Blair, initially without direct Palestinian Authority involvement. Gita would act as Gaza's supreme political and legal authority for up to five years and would be modelled on administrations that oversaw Timor-Leste and Kosovo transitions. Gita could initially be based in el-Arish and later enter Gaza accompanied by a UN-endorsed largely Arab multinational force. The proposal envisions eventual unification of Palestinian territory under the PA and states that Palestinians would not be forced to leave Gaza. Blair would chair a seven-person board and head a secretariat of up to 25 people.
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