{"id":172228,"date":"2020-09-14T01:10:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T23:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228"},"modified":"2020-09-14T01:10:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T23:10:59","slug":"shocking-blair-major-chide-uk-plan-to-breach-international-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Shocking&#8217;: Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong> Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major said on Sunday Britain must drop a \u201cshocking\u201d plan to pass legislation that breaks its divorce treaty with the European Union, in a breach of international law. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The British government said explicitly last week that it plans to break international law by breaching parts of the Withdrawal Agreement treaty that it signed in January, when it formally left the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhat is being proposed now is shocking,\u201d Major and Blair, who were adversaries in the 1990s as Conservative and Labour leaders, wrote in a joint letter published by the Sunday Times newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHow can it be compatible with the codes of conduct that bind ministers, law officers and civil servants deliberately to break treaty obligations?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Theresa May, the predecessor of current Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has also questioned whether international partners would be able to trust Britain in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Johnson\u2019s Internal Market Bill is aimed at ensuring Britain\u2019s four constituent nations can trade freely with one another after leaving the EU, but the government says that requires overriding part of the withdrawal treaty it signed with Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">British ministers say the bill is a \u201csafety net\u201d in the event there is no trade deal reached with the bloc, but top EU officials say it undermines both the withdrawal treaty and trust in future talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>KEEPING THE PEACE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Sunday that the Withdrawal Agreement on Northern Ireland \u201cis not a threat to the integrity of the UK\u201d, and had been agreed by the two sides to protect peace on the island of Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe could not have been clearer about the consequences of Brexit,\u201d Barnier said on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">His British counterpart David Frost responded by saying London had to reserve powers in the new bill in order to keep the peace in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition Labour Party, described the legislation as wrong on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe have broken the trust of our international partners,\u201d Starmer wrote in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper, adding that his party would oppose the bill in parliament unless changes were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">European lawmakers have warned they would not approve any new trade deal unless the withdrawal agreement was fully implemented, while there is also talk of possible legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe reputation of the UK &#8230; as a trusted negotiating partner on important issues like this is being damaged in a very serious way,\u201d Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney told the BBC on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major said on Sunday Britain must drop a \u201cshocking\u201d plan to pass legislation that breaks its divorce treaty with the European Union, in a breach of international law. The British government said explicitly last week that it plans to break international law by breaching parts of the Withdrawal &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":172229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-te-public"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Shocking&#039;: Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law - Arab Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Shocking&#039;: Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law - Arab Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major said on Sunday Britain must drop a \u201cshocking\u201d plan to pass legislation that breaks its divorce treaty with the European Union, in a breach of international law. The British government said explicitly last week that it plans to break international law by breaching parts of the Withdrawal &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arab Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraphhttps:\/\/m.facebook.com\/ali.aed2https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraph:\/\/www.facebook.com\/https:\/\/www.google.com\/?hl=ar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraphhttps:\/\/m.facebook.com\/ali.aed2https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraph:\/\/www.facebook.com\/https:\/\/www.google.com\/?hl=ar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-13T23:10:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-13T23:10:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"370\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"244\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arab Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/aligazette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@aligazette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u0643\u064f\u062a\u0628 \u0628\u0648\u0627\u0633\u0637\u0629\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arab Telegraph\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"\u0648\u0642\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0642\u062f\u0651\u0631\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"\u062f\u0642\u064a\u0642\u062a\u0627\u0646\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arab Telegraph\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b796bd29af18bedbb5ec003a20ada50d\"},\"headline\":\"&#8216;Shocking&#8217;: Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-13T23:10:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-13T23:10:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228\"},\"wordCount\":424,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b796bd29af18bedbb5ec003a20ada50d\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"PUBLIC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228\",\"name\":\"'Shocking': Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law - Arab Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-13T23:10:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-13T23:10:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg\",\"width\":370,\"height\":244,\"caption\":\"Former prime ministers Tony Blair\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?p=172228#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;Shocking&#8217;: Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u0639\u0631\u0628 \u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631...\u0645\u0646 \u062e\u0644\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u0648\u0627\u0631\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b796bd29af18bedbb5ec003a20ada50d\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ar\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b796bd29af18bedbb5ec003a20ada50d\",\"name\":\"Arab Telegraph\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/\u0644\u0648\u062c\u0648-\u0639\u0631\u0628-\u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641-1-1.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/\u0644\u0648\u062c\u0648-\u0639\u0631\u0628-\u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641-1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/\u0644\u0648\u062c\u0648-\u0639\u0631\u0628-\u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"Arab Telegraph\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/\u0644\u0648\u062c\u0648-\u0639\u0631\u0628-\u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641-1-1.jpg\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/aliarabtelegraphhttps:\\\/\\\/m.facebook.com\\\/ali.aed2https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/aliarabtelegraph:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.google.com\\\/?hl=ar\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/arabtelegraph\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.google.com.sa\\\/?hl=ar\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/aligazette\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arabtelegraph.com\\\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Shocking': Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law - Arab Telegraph","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228","og_locale":"ar_AR","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Shocking': Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law - Arab Telegraph","og_description":"Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major said on Sunday Britain must drop a \u201cshocking\u201d plan to pass legislation that breaks its divorce treaty with the European Union, in a breach of international law. The British government said explicitly last week that it plans to break international law by breaching parts of the Withdrawal &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228","og_site_name":"Arab Telegraph","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraphhttps:\/\/m.facebook.com\/ali.aed2https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraph:\/\/www.facebook.com\/https:\/\/www.google.com\/?hl=ar\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraphhttps:\/\/m.facebook.com\/ali.aed2https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraph:\/\/www.facebook.com\/https:\/\/www.google.com\/?hl=ar\/","article_published_time":"2020-09-13T23:10:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-13T23:10:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":370,"height":244,"url":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arab Telegraph","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/aligazette","twitter_site":"@aligazette","twitter_misc":{"\u0643\u064f\u062a\u0628 \u0628\u0648\u0627\u0633\u0637\u0629":"Arab Telegraph","\u0648\u0642\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0642\u062f\u0651\u0631":"\u062f\u0642\u064a\u0642\u062a\u0627\u0646"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228"},"author":{"name":"Arab Telegraph","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b796bd29af18bedbb5ec003a20ada50d"},"headline":"&#8216;Shocking&#8217;: Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law","datePublished":"2020-09-13T23:10:53+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-13T23:10:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228"},"wordCount":424,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b796bd29af18bedbb5ec003a20ada50d"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg","articleSection":["PUBLIC"],"inLanguage":"ar","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228","url":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228","name":"'Shocking': Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law - Arab Telegraph","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-13T23:10:53+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-13T23:10:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ar","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg","width":370,"height":244,"caption":"Former prime ministers Tony Blair"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=172228#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;Shocking&#8217;: Blair, Major chide UK plan to breach international law"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/","name":"\u0639\u0631\u0628 \u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631...\u0645\u0646 \u062e\u0644\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0633\u0648\u0627\u0631","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b796bd29af18bedbb5ec003a20ada50d"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ar"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b796bd29af18bedbb5ec003a20ada50d","name":"Arab Telegraph","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u0644\u0648\u062c\u0648-\u0639\u0631\u0628-\u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641-1-1.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u0644\u0648\u062c\u0648-\u0639\u0631\u0628-\u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641-1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u0644\u0648\u062c\u0648-\u0639\u0631\u0628-\u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641-1-1.jpg","width":300,"height":150,"caption":"Arab Telegraph"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u0644\u0648\u062c\u0648-\u0639\u0631\u0628-\u062a\u0644\u064a\u062c\u0631\u0627\u0641-1-1.jpg"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraphhttps:\/\/m.facebook.com\/ali.aed2https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aliarabtelegraph:\/\/www.facebook.com\/https:\/\/www.google.com\/?hl=ar\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arabtelegraph\/","https:\/\/www.google.com.sa\/?hl=ar","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/aligazette"],"url":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?author=3"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Former-prime-ministers-Tony-Blair.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172230,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172228\/revisions\/172230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/172229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=172228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=172228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}