Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Trump’s invitation to join after earlier Israeli criticism of the plan’s composition.
- At least eight countries have agreed to participate so far: Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Argentina and Belarus.
- Trump said the body "could" replace the United Nations, France publicly declined to join, Spain is consulting allies, and Russia says it is studying the invitation.
- The draft charter gives Trump sweeping authority to invite members, validate decisions and break ties, with three‑year terms for members and a permanent seat available to those contributing $1 billion in the first year.
- The White House named an executive board including Marco Rubio, Jared Kushner, Tony Blair, Marc Rowan, Ajay Banga, Steve Witkoff and Robert Gabriel, and set up a Gaza Executive Board led by Nickolay Mladenov to coordinate security deployment, disarmament of Hamas and reconstruction.