Overview
- At least four additional governments said they received invitations on Sunday, with India and Australia also confirming outreach as earlier invitees included Canada, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, Pakistan, Argentina, Paraguay and Albania.
- An unpublished charter detailed by a U.S. official and media reports says a $1 billion contribution would secure a permanent seat, with funds directed to Gaza’s reconstruction, while three-year appointments would carry no contribution requirement.
- Letters and a draft charter shared by invitees describe ambitions to evolve beyond Gaza, even as the White House says any expanded role remains aspirational and not intended to replace the United Nations.
- Israel publicly objected to the announced Gaza executive board, saying its composition was not coordinated with Jerusalem and contradicts Israeli policy, as the White House named Tony Blair, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ajay Banga, Marc Rowan and Robert Gabriel among executive members.
- The initiative sits under a U.N. Security Council mandate limited to Gaza through 2027 and is slated to oversee a Palestinian technocratic committee, an international security deployment, Hamas disarmament and large-scale reconstruction during the plan’s Phase Two.