White House says 20 new countries agreed to join Board of Peace; doesn’t identify them

By Jacob Magid

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26 January 2026, 9:10 pm

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (3L), Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani (C-R), Argentina's President Javier Milei (R), applaud as US President Donald Trump (C) holds a signing founding charter at the 'Board of Peace' meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says 20 additional countries have “signed up to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.”

Leavitt does not identify the new members.

While the Board of Peace was only mandated by the UN Security Council to oversee the management of Gaza for the next two years, the Trump administration is aiming to use the panel to address other conflicts around the world.

It has faced pushback from other Western countries uncomfortable with the board’s apparent aim of usurping the UN.

Speaking during a press conference at the White House, Leavitt says the return of the last remaining Israeli hostage from Gaza is a “huge foreign policy feat” for Trump, Israel, and the whole world.