Overview
- The administration unveiled initial members of the Board of Peace, including Tony Blair, Marco Rubio, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Marc Rowan, Ajay Banga and Robert Gabriel, with President Trump as chair.
- Former UN envoy Nikolaj Mladenow was appointed High Representative to liaise with the new Palestinian technocratic administration, which convened in Cairo under Ali Shaath.
- A Gaza Executive Board was announced to support operations, adding regional figures such as Turkey’s Hakan Fidan, Qatar’s Ali Al‑Thawadi, Egypt’s Hassan Rashad, the UAE’s Reem Al‑Hashimy, Israel’s Jakir Gabay and UN official Sigrid Kaag.
- Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers will command the planned International Stabilization Force, for which the U.S. is recruiting contributors after Indonesia signaled participation.
- Germany had sought a role but was not included on the initial Board list, as officials emphasize remaining phase-one issues and Hamas’s refusal to disarm.