In a rare break with US President Donald Trump’s administration, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says yesterday’s White House unveiling of the Gaza Board of Peace’s executive committee “was not coordinated with Israel and contradicts its policy.”
The executive committee includes top officials from Turkey and Qatar, both of which have been highly critical of Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza.
While it will technically operate beneath the Board of Peace, which is headed by Trump and made up of world leaders, the executive committee will be more directly involved in overseeing the postwar management of Gaza, playing a critical role, as opposed to the more symbolic Board of Peace.
Netanyahu’s office says in the statement that the premier instructed Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to raise Israeli opposition to the executive board’s makeup with his US counterpart, Marco Rubio. Sa’ar has largely been kept away from involvement in Israel-US relations, which have been run by Netanyahu’s office and his top advisers.
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