President Donald Trump is anticipated to carry a proper signing ceremony to represent his extremely anticipated Gaza Board of Peace as early as Thursday whereas he attends the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland, in response to a replica of the invitation circulating on-line, as allies brazenly query if they’ll even be a part of the board.
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Trump introduced on Friday the Gaza Board of Peace that may oversee the rebuilding and reconstruction of the devastated Gaza Strip. However the constitution draft circulated on-line makes no direct point out of the area, resulting in a muted, cautious response from authorities officers who consider Trump’s board could have loftier ambitions.
Trump, who’s to chair the board, stated in a submit on Reality Social final week that will probably be “the Best and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, anyplace,” although particulars about it stay obscure.
Palestinians stroll amid buildings destroyed by Israeli air and floor operations within the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza Metropolis, Jan. 14, 2026.
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A number of nations have stated they acquired invites to affix the board in latest days, together with Argentina, Belarus, Canada, Australia, Egypt, Hungary, Pakistan, Jordan, Turkey, Israel and India — although the nations’ respective leaders largely seem reluctant to make public statements of specific endorsement.
The Kremlin on Monday stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin had additionally acquired an invite.
“Moscow is finding out all the main points of the proposal and hopes to contact Washington to make clear all of the nuances,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated.
The U.S. is anticipated to announce its official checklist of members within the coming days.
A duplicate of the constitution draft posted on-line by the Occasions of Israel seemingly indicators that the Board of Peace could have a much wider mandate than was first publicized, with some officers speculating that Trump has extra formidable targets than solely rebuilding Gaza and is seeking to as an alternative construct a U.S.-led different to the United Nations geared toward resolving conflicts globally.
Based on the constitution, the board “is a global group that seeks to advertise stability, restore reliable and lawful governance, and safe enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by battle.”
The constitution additionally asserts “the necessity for a extra nimble and efficient worldwide peace-building physique” and requires “a coalition of prepared States dedicated to sensible cooperation and efficient motion.”
Eire’s Minister for Overseas Affairs, Helen McEntee, inspects assist warehouses in Al-Arish, close to Rafah, January 13, 2026 in Arish, Egypt.
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Eire’s Minister for Overseas Affairs Helen McEntee issued an announcement Sunday warning that the physique proposed by Trump “would have a mandate wider than the implementation of the Gaza Peace Plan.”
“The United Nations has a novel mandate to take care of worldwide peace and safety, and the legitimacy to carry nations collectively to search out widespread options to shared challenges. Whereas it might be imperfect, the U.N. and the primacy of worldwide regulation is extra essential now than ever,” she stated within the assertion.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that Poland would require permission to affix the worldwide group from its Council of Ministers and ratification by its decrease chamber of the legislature. He warned “we is not going to let anybody play us” in a submit on X.
Some European leaders are mulling not becoming a member of the board and risking Trump’s ire throughout an unstable interval of escalated world battle because the U.S. president continues to stoke tensions over the Danish territory of Greenland, and whereas western allies want continued U.S. help to manage Russia because it pummels war-torn Ukraine throughout a brutally chilly winter season.
The chief committee that may oversee the Board of Peace will embody former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in addition to U.S. particular envoy to the Center East Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The mandate of the Board of Peace which was authorised in November by the United Nations Safety Council is solely targeted on Gaza and runs till the tip of 2027.
President Donald Trump speaks to the press earlier than boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Garden of the White Home in Washington, January 16, 2026.
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The constitution draft states that nations who settle for the invitation might be given a three-year membership time period, however everlasting membership could be given to member states that contribute greater than $1 billion in money to the Board of Peace inside the first yr.
The Board of Peace would convene voting conferences not less than every year and the agenda could be topic to the chairman’s approval, in response to the constitution draft.
Choices might be made by a majority vote, the draft says, with every member state receiving a single vote. However these choices might be vetoed by the chairman, who has “the ultimate authority relating to the that means, interpretation, and software of this Constitution.” This offers Trump as chairman appreciable leeway over the constitution’s choice making.
Further members of the Board of Peace are anticipated to be introduced over the approaching weeks, in response to the White Home. U.S. officers stated that extra bulletins might come whereas the president was touring in Davos this week.
The announcement of the Board of Peace and its government committee come on the heels of the Trump administration’s launch of the second section of the Gaza 20-point peace plan it says “begins the complete demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza.”
U.S. officers stated there might be “intense” planning forward with the newly fashioned technocratic committee to get them prepared to manipulate and work with Hamas to make sure security and peace stay a precedence within the Gaza area.
