Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens throughout a information convention with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Seaside, Fla.
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JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel mentioned Wednesday he had agreed to hitch U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, after his workplace earlier criticized make-up of the board’s govt committee. The committee included Turkey, a regional rival.
An announcement from Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned he had accepted Trump’s invitation.
The Board of Peace led by Trump was initially envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire plan. The Trump administration’s ambitions have ballooned right into a extra sprawling idea, with Trump extending invites to dozens of countries and hinting it would quickly dealer international conflicts, like a pseudo-U.N. Safety Council.
Extra particulars have been anticipated when Trump participates in an announcement concerning the Board of Peace on Thursday on the World Financial Discussion board assembly in Davos, Switzerland.
The board’s constitution has not but been made public, however a draft model obtained by The Related Press signifies a lot of the ability shall be concentrated within the palms of Trump himself. A $1 billion contribution secures everlasting membership, the draft mentioned.
To date, at the very least eight nations — Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Argentina and Belarus have agreed to participate.
Invitation letters from Trump even have been despatched to Paraguay’s chief Santiago Peña, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Plus, Russia, Israel, India, Slovenia, Thailand and the European Union’s govt arm have mentioned they obtained invites.
The Kremlin is now “studying the details” and can search readability of “all the nuances” in contacts with the U.S., Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned. Trump confirmed Monday evening that Russian President Vladimir Putin had been invited.
It was not instantly clear what number of or which different leaders would obtain invites.
The chief board’s members embrace U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Apollo International Administration CEO Marc Rowan, World Financial institution President Ajay Banga, and Trump’s deputy nationwide safety adviser Robert Gabriel.
The White Home additionally introduced the members of one other board, the Gaza Government Board, which, in keeping with the ceasefire, shall be answerable for implementing the powerful second section of the settlement. That features deploying a world safety power, disarming Hamas and rebuilding the war-devastated territory.
Nickolay Mladenov, a former Bulgarian politician and U.N. Mideast envoy, is to function the Gaza govt board’s consultant overseeing day-to-day issues. Further members embrace: Witkoff, Kushner, Blair, Rowan, Turkish Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan; Qatari diplomat Ali Al-Thawadi; Hassan Rashad, director of Egypt’s Common Intelligence Company; Emirati minister Reem Al-Hashimy; Israeli businessman Yakir Gabay; and Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and a Mideast professional.
The board additionally will supervise a newly appointed committee of Palestinian technocrats who shall be operating Gaza’s day-to-day affairs.
