Today….
The President of the United States held a ‘That’s Entertainment’ show….
Invites to the head of countries, to join in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, with Donald’s Dream of developing the place, that has tens of thousands living in tents, among floods, controlled by gun totting Hamas fighters, under attack by Israel ….
Seriously?
Oh, Russia’s Putin says he’d volunteer One Billion Dollars to the endeavorer ?
Well?
He’s think about it?
I’m sure that if Trump could hand him the Ukraine?
And un freeze his confiscated countries funds?
He would find it in his heart to part with some of that money?
This is just a Giant show for the media….
Israel IS still hunting Hamas…
Hamas shows NO effort of giving in and dropping their weapons….
After the camera’s leave?
This IS an old New York Real Estate guy trying grab another piece of land to develop
(I’d bet he’s dreaming of the side money he could make in the effort)….
President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his Board of Peace to lead efforts at maintaining a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas, insisting “everyone wants to be a part” of the body he said could eventually rival the United Nations — despite many U.S. allies opting not to participate.
In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump sought to create momentum for a project to map out a future of the war-torn Gaza Strip that has been overshadowed this week, first by his threats to seize Greenland, then by a dramatic retreat from that push.
The new peace board was initially envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the ceasefire, with Trump as chairman, but it has morphed into something far more ambitious — and skepticism about its membership and mandate has led some countries usually closest to Washington to take a pass….
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Flying back to Washington, Trump told reporters: “The letter only went out two days ago. We had almost 30 people already.” Trump said some leaders have told him they want to join but first require approval from their parliaments, specifically naming Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Polish President Karol Nawrocki.
The charter for the board has not yet been publicly released. Asked whether the document would allow him to remain chairman beyond his time in office, Trump said he would have the right to stay on if he so chose. “It’s in theory, for life — but I’m not sure I want that,” Trump said….
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Some countries have raised questions about invitations Trump extended to Russian President Vladimir Putin and other authoritarian leaders. Britain’s foreign secretary Yvette Cooper told the BBC that there were “concerns about President Putin being part of something which is talking about peace, when we have still not seen any signs from Putin that there will be a commitment to peace in Ukraine.”
As for Putin, he said his country is still consulting with Moscow’s “strategic partners” before deciding to commit. The Russian was hosting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday in Moscow.
The Kremlin said Thursday that Putin planned to discuss his proposal to send $1 billion to the Board of Peace and use it for humanitarian purposes during his talks with Abbas — if Russia can use assets the U.S. had previously blocked….
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The Trump Family ‘Dream’ for Gaza….
A slideshow presented in Davos by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner imagined a futuristic dreamscape of gleaming apartment blocks and office towers, with neat industrial parks and residential districts – and even an airport. The territory had a slice taken off it to create a buffer zone along the Israeli border, and was treated as blank slate, ignoring the property rights of generations of Palestinians, but it was a move away from a partition between Hamas and Israeli-run halves.
The plan also spelled out more achievable promises for the next 100 days, including the restoration of basic infrastructure – including water, sewage and electric systems, hospitals and bakeries – together with a significant increase in the flow of goods entering Gaza. The critical Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt is due to open for traffic next week, for the first time since Israeli troops seized control of it in May 2024.
Kushner committed the US administration to achieving those short-term goals.
“The next 100 days we’re going to continue to just be heads down and focused on making sure this is implemented,” he said. “We continue to be focused on humanitarian aid, humanitarian shelter, but then creating the conditions to move forward.”…
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The plan presented in Davos notably made no mention of the international stabilisation force (ISF), which was a key part of Trump’s peace proposals last year, endorsed in November by a UN security council resolution.
Creating the ISF has been fraught with problems. None of the countries in the Arab and Islamic world that provisionally agreed to provide troops wanted their soldiers to confront Hamas over its weaponry. Israel declared it would not accept Turkish or Qatari forces, while other potential troop contributors insisted that Turkey and Qatar were involved.
The US blueprint mentions only the new Palestinian police force. Heavy weapons would be “decommissioned immediately”, it said.
“Personal arms [will be] registered and decommissioned by sector as NCAG police becomes capable of guaranteeing personal security,” the blueprint said. The end state would be a situation in which “only NCAG-sanctioned personnel may carry weapons”.
The immediate test of the blueprint will come next week, when the Rafah crossing is due to open. “Opening Rafah signals Gaza is no longer closed to the future or to the world. This is a real step and it marks a new direction,” Shaath said in his video presentation….
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The attacks by the Israeli Military continue…..
Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the war-battered enclave ‘s deadliest days since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect in October.
The United States is trying to push the deal forward and implement its challenging second phase….
image….President Donald Trump holds the charter during a signing ceremony on his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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