Daniel Estrin

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Hi, Steve.

Well, first of all, the word Gaza is not mentioned once in this charter, even though the Board of Peace was created for the purpose of Gaza reconstruction.

And instead, the language in this charter makes it seem that Trump is really trying to create a kind of rival UN Security Council to handle all kinds of world conflicts beyond Gaza.

The language of this charter says there's a need for a more effective international peace building body.

So it sounds like a dig at the UN there.

It lists Trump as chairman in a permanent capacity, so potentially for life.

He alone would get to designate his successor.

And countries that would want to be a permanent member of the Board of Peace would need to pay at least $1 billion, billion with a B. So there's a lot of criticism among analysts saying Trump is really trying to undermine the UN here and even make world diplomacy transactional.

Well, Gaza would be the first test case of this board of peace.

But if successful, Trump could apply the board of peace to other conflict zones around the world.

One of the people involved in Trump's leadership committee in thinking through all of this is

is former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

He used to be involved in a group called the Quartet of Peacemakers for the Middle East.

And I asked his former head of mission in the Middle East, Rob Deneen, what he thought about all this.

And he says that his impression is that Gaza is going to be put basically under a US-led trusteeship, which is something completely new for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

You know, Gaza has been

In the past, under Israeli occupation, it's been led by the Palestinian Authority.

It's been under the control of the militant group Hamas.

And now, after the war, the plan here is to put it under international leadership.