Overview
- President Trump named founding members to the Board of Peace and its executive bodies, including Marco Rubio, Tony Blair, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Marc Rowan, Ajay Banga and Robert Gabriel, with Trump set to chair the board.
- Nikolaj Mladenow was appointed High Representative to liaise with the Palestinian transitional government, and Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers was named commander of the planned International Stabilization Force.
- Israel criticized the announced Gaza Executive Board as uncoordinated and contrary to its policy, citing the inclusion of Turkey’s Hakan Fidan and Qatar’s Ali Al‑Thawadi among others.
- The Gaza Executive Board also includes Egypt’s intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, UAE minister Reem Al‑Hashimy, Israeli businessman Jakir Gabay and former Dutch deputy PM Sigrid Kaag.
- Germany had pressed to participate but was not given an initial seat, as a 14-member technocratic Palestinian government convened in Cairo while Hamas rejects disarmament and many countries resist deploying troops tasked with that role.