Trump Announces Largely American Council to Oversee Gaza
Source: NYT
"President Trump established a new committee on Friday to oversee the Gaza Strip as it is rebuilt, composed primarily of top American diplomatic officials, including his son-in-law.
As part of the peace plan he negotiated in the fall, Mr. Trump also named the U.S. general overseeing special operations in the Middle East to lead the military force that will be deployed to Gaza to disarm Hamas and occupy the Palestinian enclave during the yearslong campaign to rebuild it. The White House did not immediately answer a question about whether American troops will be part of that force.
Mr. Trump’s “Board of Peace,” which he named himself the chairman of, is backed by a legal United Nations mandate and had previously been expected to be composed of world leaders who would supervise the Trump administration’s plan for an “International Stabilization Force” to occupy, demilitarize and govern Gaza during a yearslong reconstruction effort.
... A second executive board, similarly named the “Gaza executive board,” includes a wider roster of foreign officials from Europe and the Middle East, and is implied to be in a supporting role. Some American officials sit on both executive boards, as well as Mr. Blair..."
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