NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses with Financial Times reporter Abigail Hauslohner the funding for President Trump's proposed Board of Peace, intended to oversee Gaza's reconstruction.
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Nickolay Mladenov, "high representative for Gaza," blamed Hamas for stalled ceasefire talks, citing refusal to disarm. Critics argue the US-backed Board of Peace's report is one-sided, ignoring Israeli violations and risking renewed conflict.
The US-led Board of Peace, tasked with Gaza's $70bn reconstruction, faces a critical funding gap due to donor reluctance over its controversial structure, lack of political horizon for Palestine, and Israel's ongoing expansion.
Seven months after Trump's Gaza ceasefire deal, reconstruction is stalled, the Board of Peace faces funding shortfalls, and Palestinian technocrats are sidelined. Hamas's refusal to disarm is cited as an obstacle, but donor reluctance and the Iran conflict exacerbate delays.
Nickolay Mladenov described his meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu as "positive and substantive"
Josh Gruenbaum, a former Wall Street executive who rose rapidly in the Trump administration and met with Putin at the Kremlin, has had his foreign policy responsibilities reduced. He will now focus exclusively on Gaza-related efforts through the Board of Peace, an organization described as independent of the US government despite Trump serving as its chair. Concerns about his working style and internal communications led to the shift, though he maintains support from Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya criticized the Board of Peace for Gaza, saying there are no tangible results and that attempts are being made to 'buy off' Palestinians with business projects rather than solve the political problem of creating an independent Palestinian state. He noted Security Council resolution 2803 has stalled, the International Stabilization Force is not deployed, and more than half of Gaza remains occupied by Israel.
Meetings on the future of Gaza served as "bridge-building" between global bodies and the Trump administration's Board of Peace, the minister said.
