Indonesia has long positioned itself as a steadfast supporter of Palestine. Government officials deliver speeches condemning Israeli aggression, and mass demonstrations regularly call for justice and liberation. The country’s constitution explicitly opposes colonialism and upholds human dignity. Yet these commitments may well be undermined by Indonesia’s ongoing collaboration with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI)—an organisation recently linked to postwar planning for Gaza that aligns disturbingly with forced displacement.

If Indonesia seeks to uphold a principled stance on Palestine, then its ties with TBI must end.

Recently, The Financial Times exposed the Institute’s involvement in “Project Aurora”—a postwar economic development scheme for Gaza devised by Israeli businessmen and the Boston Consulting Group. The plan proposed the so-called “voluntary relocation” of up to 500,000 Palestinians, each offered $9,000 in exchange for leaving their homeland. Behind the technocratic language was a chilling agenda: to engineer a depopulated, investor-friendly “Gaza Riviera,” complete with luxury developments, artificial islands, and blockchain-regulated trade zones.

TBI was not a passive observer. Its personnel participated in meetings, strategy groups, and messaging discussions related to the project. Tony Blair himself was briefed on the plan. The Institute’s networks helped link the project to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which has been widely criticised for militarizing aid under U.S. and Israeli oversight. GHF-linked convoys have........

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