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Tony Blair denies 'asking Palestinians to delete Palestine from school books'

Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is an executive member of Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' (Image: Archive)

TONY Blair has categorically denied a senior diplomat's claim that he asked the Palestinian Authority to remove the word “Palestine” from school textbooks.

It comes after former British diplomat Jeremy Greenstock, who served as the UK ambassador to the UN from 1998 to 2003, alleged that the “Board of Peace” set up by US president Donald Trump had recently given Blair the task as part of Israel-Palestine peace negotiations.

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