The next phase of the US-sponsored Gaza peace plan involves setting up a "Board of Peace." Trump wants to chair it and, even though it's been heavily criticized, Europeans also want a seat.
It's been called everything from a "neo-colonialist sham" to "an affront to international law."
Yet despite all that, some European leaders still say they want a seat on Gaza's new Board of Peace (BoP), an administrative body that will play an integral part in the next phase of the peace plan meant to resolve the long-running conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.
According to the 20-point Gaza peace plan, proposed by US President Donald Trump last year, the Board of Peace will oversee aid and reconstruction and supervise a technocratic Palestinian administration in Gaza.
Trump has said he will chair the BoP, which will have 15 members. The peace plan, including the BoP, was formalized by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 in mid-November last year.
On Sunday, Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One, that 'essentially … you take the most important leaders and nations, that's who the Board of Peace is going to be' Image: Nathan Howard/REUTERS
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