Countries on Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza will be asked to contribute $1 billion in order to keep their membership for more than 3 years, according to reports.
“Each Member State shall serve a term of no more than three years from this Charter’s entry into force, subject to renewal by the Chairman,” a draft document first reported by Bloomberg News shows.
It adds that the three-year term “shall not apply to Member States that contribute more than USD $1,000,000,000 in cash funds to the Board of Peace within the first year of the Charter”.
According to the draft, as reported in Bloomberg News, president Trump would serve as the board’s chairman and would decide on who is invited to be a member. While decisions would be taken by a majority, with each member state present getting one vote, all decisions would be subject to the chairman’s approval.
The draft also reportedly suggests that Trump would control the money himself, and the money would allegedly go to rebuilding Gaza.
The board would meet at least once a year and “at such additional times and locations as the Chairman deems appropriate,” according to the draft reported by Bloomberg News. the draft charter says.
The chairman, Donald Trump, would also approve the agenda for meetings.
“The Chairman shall at all times designate a successor for the role of Chairman,” the charter allegedly says.
This week, Sir Tony Blair announced he has been asked to be on the Board of Peace for Gaza, which also includes US secretary of state Marco Rubio and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
The former Labor leader, Rubio and Kushner are joined on the board by World Bank president Ajay Banga, Marc Rowan, Robert Gabriel, and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
Several world leaders have also reportedly been invited, including Argentina’s Javier Milei and Canada’s Mark Carney, to be part of a Board of Peace for Gaza.
Sir Tony’s inclusion on the list of board members may be controversial, as he remains a divisive figure in the Middle East due to his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He later became a representative of the Quartet, a group seeking peace between Israel and the Palestinians made up of the U.S., E.U., Russia and the United Nations, but stepped down after being deemed too close to Israel.
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