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Vance says board about ‘making peace stick’
“I think what this board of peace represents is a recognition that if you actually have a president of the United States and a team that’s committed to diplomacy, it can actually work,” he said.
However, the picture is far more complicated, with the US, during both the Trump administration and the former administration of US President Joe Biden, repeatedly vetoing UN resolutions calling for an end to the genocide before the launch of the Board of Peace.
“You’ve got to make peace, but then you have to make the peace stick,” Vance added. “And that brings me to my second point. That’s what the Board of Peace, I think, is fundamentally about, is making the peace stick.”
Rubio: Israel-Gaza conflict ‘impossible to solve’ without Trump
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has offered a few remarks, claiming that Israel’s war on Gaza proved “impossible” to fix through existing international mechanisms.
“This was a very unique crisis in Gaza, one that existing international institutions could not solve or figure out,” he said, noting that Trump’s approach sought to “think outside the box”.
“We hope that this can serve as a model for other complex and difficult situations, but right now the focus is on this one,” the secretary said. In Gaza, he said, “We have a long ways to go.”
Yeah that ethnic cleansing isn't going as planned...
Head of Trump-appointed Palestinian committee says ‘operating in extremely difficult conditions’
Ali Shaath, the head of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), a Palestinian technocratic committee appointed by the Trump administration to handle daily operations in Gaza, has spoken.
Shaath pointed to the “extremely difficult conditions” in the enclave. “Large parts of the Gaza Strip are severely damaged, destroyed. … Humanitarian needs are acute. Law and order remain fragile,” he said.
He said his committee would focus on four areas.
“Firstly, restore security via professional civilian police under one authority, one law, … including training and developing 5,000 Gazan police to be deployed in 60 days,” he said.
“Secondly, revive economic activities and livelihoods, creating decent jobs, especially for our young population. … Thirdly, ensure sustainable emergency relief. … Fourthly, restore basic services, including electricity, water, health and education” and movement, he continued.
Nickolay Mladenov announces creation of ‘office of the high representative for Gaza’
The Bulgarian politician and diplomat, who is currently serving as the director-general of the Gaza Board of Peace has just announced the creation of the new office, under the board’s auspices.
The high representative “will be there to support, to guide and assist the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, hopefully removing the roadblocks they will be facing in taking over civilian and administrative control of the Gaza Strip”, he said.
He also claimed the office will be working in “full transparency” and in close coordination with Israel and “Palestinian institutions”.
