President Donald Trump has announced that he has formed a ‘Board of Peace’ to govern the Gaza Strip as the US moves into the second phase of its peace deal between Israel and Hamas.
Under the 20-point peace plan, Trump proposed a new international transitional body to oversee the redevelopment of Gaza.
Trump will head and chair the board alongside other world leaders, including Nickolay Mladenov, the former UN Middle East envoy, who is expected to serve as liaison between the board and new Palestinian-run National Committee for Administration of Gaza (NCAG).
It remains unclear who else may sit on the board, but the Times of Israel reported last month that the US has claimed it secured commitments from Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany to have their leaders join the board.
Trump was personally involved in selecting who would receive an invitation to join the panel, a US official said, adding that invitations were sent out on Wednesday to ‘a lot of countries’ and that ‘there has been a very overwhelming response.’
The other members of the board ‘will be announced shortly,’ Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Thursday.
The Trump administration is now reportedly planning to hold the first meeting of the Board of Peace on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
Trump forms ‘Board of Peace’ as Gaza ceasefire moves to next phase
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