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Overview
- President Donald Trump will preside over the new council, whose announced executive core includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Jared Kushner, envoy Steve Witkoff, World Bank president Ajay Banga, financier Marc Rowan and National Security Council aide Robert Gabriel.
- Invitations went to leaders including Argentina’s Javier Milei, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi and Canada’s Mark Carney; Milei publicly accepted, a senior Canadian official said the prime minister intends to accept, and Paraguay’s president Santiago Peña said he was invited.
- Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received an invitation but has not decided, with aides saying the choice requires careful evaluation.
- The White House says the council will coordinate Gaza’s governance capacity, reconstruction, regional relations, investment attraction and large‑scale financing, alongside an International Stabilization Force.
- Trump appointed Major‑General Jasper Jeffers to command the ISF to provide security and train a new police force, while Israel questioned the lack of coordination and critics highlighted the absence of Palestinian decision‑makers even as the U.S. named Nickolay Mladenov to liaise with a 15‑member Palestinian technical committee.