Daniel Estrin

Well, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to be on the Board of Peace.

But under the Board of Peace is a leadership group that's going to be overseeing a day-to-day technocrat committee in Gaza.

And Israel is actually objecting to Trump appointing the representatives of Turkey and Qatar to be part of that committee.

leadership group.

Israel sees Turkey and Qatar as the primary backers of Hamas.

So this is actually rare public disagreement by Israel to a part of Trump's peace plan.

Okay, could Israel stop it if it doesn't like it?

You know, I guess the short answer is no.

I mean, Qatar and Turkey are close allies of Trump, so they will have representatives on this oversight board or this oversight group.

But I think the bigger picture here, Steve, is that Israeli leaders are very skeptical of Trump's bigger plan for Gaza, bringing international players in.

Israel does not think that any international player can get Hamas to actually disarm.

So this year is going to be a major test of Trump's ability to really push through this new approach to Gaza.

You're welcome.

The United Nations Security Council officially sanctioned the new Board of Peace to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza.

But Gaza is not mentioned once in the charter of the new Board of Peace that President Trump will head.

NPR has obtained a copy of the charter being distributed.

Trump seeks a broad mandate to secure peace in conflict zones, suggesting Trump may wish to use it as a kind of alternative UN to handle other world conflicts in addition to Gaza.

The charter appears to criticize the United Nations by calling for, quote, a more nimble and effective international peace-building body.

The document says permanent member countries must donate at least $1 billion each, and Trump would have broad powers as chairman.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.