Trump announces Board of Peace’s formation, says its members to be revealed soon

US President Donald Trump announces that the Board of Peace tasked with overseeing the postwar management of Gaza has been formed.

“The members of the board will be announced shortly,” Trump says in a Truth Social post.

The US has been aiming to hold the first meeting of the Board of Peace on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos next week.

The Times of Israel reported last month that the US had informed interlocutors that it secured commitments from Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany to have their leaders join Trump on the Board of Peace.

The US was seeking to more than double that number, but was having limited success to date, a senior Arab diplomat said last week, adding that Washington is considering filling spots on the panel with the heads of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Economic Forum.

But briefing reporters on Wednesday, a US official was bullish about the Board of Peace’s makeup, saying that Trump was personally involved in selecting who would receive an invitation to join him on the panel. The official added that invitations were sent out earlier in the day to “a lot of countries” and that “there has been a very overwhelming response.”