"Axios reports that the meeting is scheduled for the day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with President Trump at the White House. The news outlet notes that if Netanyahu attends the Board of Peace meeting, it will be his first meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders since the start of Israel's war on Gaza on October 7, 2023."
"United States President Donald Trump's so-called Board of Peace, tasked with overseeing governance in the Gaza Strip as part of a US-led peace plan, will convene in Washington, DC, later this month for its first meeting, according to online news outlet Axios. The outlet, quoting a US official and diplomats from four countries who are part of the board, reported on Friday"
"Tony Blair, the former British prime minister known for spearheading support for the disastrous and bloody US invasion of Iraq, is also on the board. Trump has suggested that the board could help address other conflicts far beyond Gaza, undermining traditional forums for international diplomacy and cooperation, such as the UN, whose criticism has long been the subject of US and Israeli ire."
The Board of Peace convenes in Washington, DC on February 19 for its first meeting and to raise funds for Gaza reconstruction amid Israel's genocide in the enclave. Plans for the meeting are tentative and could change. The meeting is scheduled for the day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets President Trump at the White House. If Netanyahu attends, it will be his first meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders since the start of Israel's war on Gaza on October 7, 2023. The White House and the State Department did not comment. Critics liken the board to a colonial administrative authority and say it could undermine the United Nations; seats have been offered to Netanyahu and Tony Blair.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]