President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Gaza Peace Summit at the Gaza International Peace Summit, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. YOAN VALAT / AP
US President Donald Trump's so-called "Board of Peace" for postwar Gaza began to take shape on Saturday, January 17, with the leaders of Egypt, Turkey, Argentina and Canada asked to join.
The announcements from those leaders came after the US president named his Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and senior negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to the panel.
Trump had already declared himself the chair of the body, as he promotes a controversial vision of economic development in the Palestinian territory, which lies in rubble after two-plus years of relentless Israeli bombardment.
The moves came after a Palestinian committee of technocrats meant to govern Gaza held its first meeting in Cairo which was attended by Kushner, Trump's son-in-law who has partnered with Witkoff for months on the issue.
