Palestine will outlast Blair and his grotesque 'Board of Peace'

What Happened

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair allegedly asked the Palestinian Authority (PA) to remove references to “Palestine” from its school curriculum and replace them with “Samaria,” according to Jeremy Greenstock, Britain’s former ambassador to the United Nations, speaking to Middle East Eye. Greenstock said he learned of the request from a ministerial-level source. Blair’s institute denied the report, stating on Thursday: “This claim is entirely false and without foundation.” The article presents the allegation as part of a broader pattern in which Gaza’s future is being shaped by US President Donald Trump, Blair, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and others, rather than by Palestinians.

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Why It Matters

The reported request, if true, would constitute an intervention in Palestinian national identity through education, replacing the name “Palestine” with terminology associated with the Israeli settler movement. Because the claim is disputed, it remains an attributed allegation rather than an established fact. The story surfaces amid ongoing Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence in the West Bank, and debates over postwar Gaza governance, all of which make curriculum and symbolic recognition a sensitive issue.

Watch For

Watch for any further statements from Jeremy Greenstock identifying his ministerial-level source, or from the Palestinian Authority confirming or denying that Blair made such a curriculum request. Also monitor the Blair Institute for a formal response beyond its denial, and whether this allegation affects Blair’s role in the US-led “Board of Peace” or broader negotiations over Gaza’s future involving Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff.