Netanyahu agrees to join Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace after initial pushback

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday helium would articulation President Donald Trump’s caller Board of Peace, aft antecedently criticizing the constitution of its enforcement committee.

Netanyahu confirmed that helium would articulation the recently established Board of Peace, which the Trump medication says volition supervise the adjacent signifier of the Gaza bid plan.

The Israeli premier minister's announcement comes aft helium initially pushed backmost connected Trump's proposal, pursuing the inclusion of Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Qatari diplomat Ali Al-Thawadi arsenic appointed members to a abstracted "Gaza Executive Board."

Netanyahu’s bureau said that determination was not coordinated with Israel and "runs contrary to its policy."

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin speaks during a gathering with U.S. President Donald Trump successful the Oval Office of the White House connected April 7, 2025 successful Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The announcement coincides with Trump's travel to the World Economic Forum gathering successful Davos, Switzerland, wherever helium is expected to supply much details astir the board. Fox News confirmed that the president is readying to put a signing ceremonial for the Gaza Board of Peace during his visit.

On Tuesday, erstwhile asked if the committee should regenerate the United Nations, Trump said, "It might."

Trump said that the satellite assemblage "hasn’t been precise helpful" and "has ne'er lived up to its potential," but added that the U.N. should proceed to beryllium "because the imaginable is truthful great."

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U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arsenic helium arrives astatine the White House for a gathering connected April 7, 2025 successful Washington, DC. (Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

On Jan. 16, the White House said the Board of Peace volition play an "essential role" successful carrying retired each 20 points of the president’s Gaza plan, including providing strategical oversight, mobilizing planetary resources and ensuring accountability arsenic Gaza transitions from struggle to bid and development.

Dozens of countries person been invited, with notices going retired implicit the weekend, according to officials, including Belarus, China, Ukraine, India, Canada, Argentina, Jordan, Egypt, Hungary, and Vietnam, among others.

Others, including the enforcement limb of the European Union, confirmed that they person received invitations, but person not responded.

On Monday, Trump confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin received an invitation to articulation the caller board.

The Kremlin said Putin had received the invitation and was "studying the details," adding it volition question clarity connected "all the nuances" successful communications with the U.S. government.

France besides received an invitation, but does not program to articulation "at this stage," according to a French authoritative adjacent to President Emmanuel Macron.

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President Donald Trump joined the White House property briefing connected Jan. 20, 2026, which marks his one-year day instrumentality to the Oval Office.  (Getty Images)

The White House has said Trump volition seat the Board of Peace and beryllium joined by elder political, diplomatic and concern figures, including Jared Kushner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff, and billionaire Marc Rowan.

Fox News Digital's Landon Mion, Ashley Carnahan, Gillian Turner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.