Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked the participation of President Isaac Herzog at the launch ceremony of US President Donald Trump's Gazan Board of Peace on Thursday at the Davos World Economic Forum, two sources familiar with the details told Axios's Barak Ravid.
"Once this board is completely formed, we can do pretty much whatever we want to do. And we'll do it in conjunction with the United Nations," Trump said at the launch on Thursday, adding that the UN had great potential that had not been fully utilized.
Trump, who will chair the board, has invited dozens of other world leaders to join it and sees the grouping addressing other global challenges beyond the stuttering Gaza truce, though he has said he does not intend it to replace the United Nations.
US only UNSC permanent member to join BoP
Apart from the US, no other permanent member of the UN Security Council - the five nations with the most say over international law and diplomacy since the end of World War II - has yet committed to join.
Trump withdrew Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's invitation to join the BoP initiative on Thursday.
"Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post directed at Carney.
Jerusalem Post Staff and Reuters contributed to this report.