Overview
- President Donald Trump will preside over the Board of Peace, part of phase two of a U.S.-backed plan to demilitarize and rebuild Gaza.
- Javier Milei confirmed Argentina’s acceptance as a founding state member and published Trump’s invitation letter.
- The founding executive roster includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, World Bank President Ajay Banga, Marc Rowan and Robert Gabriel.
- Day-to-day governance is assigned to a separate 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee led by Ali Sha’ath, with Israel having vetoed inclusion of Hamas and Palestinian Authority figures.
- Nickolay Mladenov was named high representative for Gaza and U.S. Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers will lead an International Stabilization Force, under a plan endorsed by the UN Security Council in November.