By Dr. Dania Koleilat Khatib

At Davos, US President Donald Trump stole the show with his attempts to take control of Greenland. However, in addition to this proposal, which put him at odds with European leaders, Trump on Thursday held a ceremony unveiling his “Board of Peace.”

Trump is a great showman. The Board of Peace offered a good opportunity for such theatrical politics. All those in the media who have examined the board’s charter say clearly that its mandate extends beyond Gaza and that the board is set to create a mechanism that competes and perhaps replaces the UN as a body to regulate relations between states.

However, in this new structure, absolute power is concentrated in the hands of Trump, who has the only say over the makeup of the board. While there has been much criticism of the board, the fact it rivals the UN and how Trump has used the threat of tariffs to coerce states into joining, no one has asked the fundamental question: Will it bring peace to Gaza?

To start with, the board is offensive because one of the members is Israel, the country that inflicted genocide on Gaza. Other members have no connection with the Strip. Others, like Argentina under its far-right government, were among the 10 nations to vote against a UN resolution backing a two-state solution in 2025. How is Javier Milei of Argentina........

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