Overview
- Invitations went to roughly 60 countries, with Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, Pakistan, India and others confirming receipt, while Hungary is the only unequivocal acceptance so far.
- Draft documents describe three-year terms and offer permanent seats to countries contributing $1 billion, which the White House says is an optional contribution intended for Gaza reconstruction.
- Letters and a draft charter indicate the board could later address global conflicts, though the U.N. Security Council has authorized its mandate only for Gaza through 2027.
- Israel said the announced Gaza executive board was not coordinated with it and contradicts its policy, after names such as Turkey’s Hakan Fidan and U.N. coordinator Sigrid Kaag were listed.
- The White House named executive figures including Tony Blair, Jared Kushner, Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Ajay Banga and Robert Gabriel, alongside a Palestinian technocratic committee led by Ali Shaath and Nickolay Mladenov as High Representative.