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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Sa’ar flying to US ahead of inaugural Board of Peace confab, UN Security Council meeting
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar will depart for the United States tonight to represent Israel at the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington, DC, on Thursday, and to participate in a UN Security Council discussion tomorrow in New York, his office announces.
The UNSC session will discuss developments in the Middle East. The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Pakistan, and Indonesia are also expected to attend, according to Sa’ar’s office.
After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed out of the Board of Peace meeting, Sa’ar is set to “present Israel’s position” there. The White House hopes to raise money for the international body, which is chaired by Trump and tasked with overseeing the implementation of Washington’s peace plan for Gaza.
Joining Sa’ar at the convention will be heads of state from many of the 28 countries on the panel, including Argentina, Cambodia, Hungary, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam. Bahrain’s King Hamad Al Khalifa is also slated to attend, while remaining countries have been deciding how senior an official to send, an Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel earlier this week.
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