Board of Peace

Trump's Gaza board reports funding 'gap', urges quicker disbursement

The UN Security Council has recognized the board, though many major powers have not joined Washington's main Middle Eastern allies and some middling and smaller states in signing up.

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Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike that destroyed a residential building in Gaza City, September 6, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a 'Rose Garden Club' dinner for National Police Week in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.

US considering asking Israel to redirect PA tax funds to Gaza plan

The US is considering asking Israel to redirect some withheld Palestinian Authority tax funds toward President Donald Trump’s postwar Gaza plan, sources said.

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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Gaza Board of Peace Director Nickolay Mladenov, May 13, 2026.

'Door to Gaza's future is still closed despite ceasefire,' BoP chief said after meeting Netanyahu

"This is not what was promised to the Palestinians, and it is not what they deserve," Mladenov said. "Furthermore, this does not provide Israel with the security it needs to move forward."

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YOUNG PALESTINIAN workers break up concrete while working on rubble in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Hamas is preventing Gazan contractors from crossing Yellow Line to rebuild Rafah - report

The contractors were threatened at gunpoint by Hamas militants, who refused to permit them passage to the site. The contractors, who came from various parts of the Strip, were forcibly turned away.

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Why Israel says joining Trump’s Board of Peace was not optional - analysis

Israeli officials say staying out of Trump’s Board of Peace was never an option, citing influence over decisions, frustration with the UN, and concerns over Gaza and Hamas.

JANUARY 21, 2026ByAMICHAI STEIN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 19, 2026.

What is Trump's Board of Peace and who has joined so far? - explainer

Trump first proposed the board last September when he announced his plan to end the Gaza war. He later said the board's remit would be expanded beyond Gaza to tackle other conflicts worldwide.

JANUARY 21, 2026ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

The 60,000 rifle mirage: Gaza’s Board of Peace risks a strategic catastrophe - opinion

Phase two of the ceasefire rests on a dangerous misreading of how wars in the Middle East actually end.

JANUARY 21, 2026ByAMINE AYOUB
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.

Trump’s invitation to Putin for Board of Peace signals New World Order - opinion

The invitation is about structure, power, and a deliberate attempt to reshape the global order.

JANUARY 21, 2026ByALEX SELSKY
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin. His invitation to the Gaza Board of Peace is part of a wider US outreach, the writer notes.

PM Netanyahu accepts Trump's invitation to join Board of Peace, to become founding member

Earlier, Azerbaijan also accepted Trump's invitation to join the Board of Peace, the country’s foreign ministry announced.

JANUARY 21, 2026BySAM HALPERN
US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.