Donald Trump, Gaza and Board
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Israel has received an invitation from the United States to join President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
Trump has hailed his new team as ‘the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday that this week's Trump administration announcement on the composition of a Gaza executive board was not coordinated with Israel and ran counter to government policy.
Israeli officials are questioning how peaceful a Gaza Peace Board will be after President Trump invited nations hostile to Israel — including Turkey and Qatar, which support Hamas — to serve on an executive team responsible for rehabilitating Gaza.