Russia confirms Trump invited Putin to join his new 'Board of Peace' council

Russia just confirmed Donald Trump invited Vladimir Putin to join his brand new “Board of Peace,” and it sounds less like a peace club and more like a diplomatic plot twist. The Kremlin says Putin received the invite, and they’re “studying the details,” while the US is expected to reveal the official member list soon.

Here’s where it gets messy fast: the board is supposed to help run the executive committee for the second phase of a Gaza peace plan. That plan involves an international security force, disarming Hamas, and rebuilding war-devastated territory, all while the UN World Food Programme says more than a million people a month are still relying on expanded aid because food insecurity is at crisis levels.

And with Gaza’s Health Ministry reporting hundreds of deaths since the ceasefire, plus France and the UK weighing whether to join, this “board” is already hitting major resistance before it even fully forms.

The Kremlin’s confirmation about Putin’s invite comes right as the US prepares to drop the Board of Peace member list in the days ahead, possibly during Davos.

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A Kremlin spokesperson has confirmed Donald Trump has invited Vladimir Putin to join his new 'Board of Peace' council.

It's expected that the US will announce its official list of members in the coming days, with the Trump administration likely to disclose more information during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week.

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Those on the board will play a crucial role on the executive committee in charge of implementing the second phase of the Gaza peace plan.

In October last year, the last 20 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were returned to Israel following two years in captivity as part of a huge 'peacemaking' deal between Israel and Hamas.

Then the stakes jump, because the board is meant to steer the executive committee handling phase two of the Gaza plan, including the international security force and Hamas disarmament.

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The second part of Trump's plan includes the deployment of an international security force, disarmament of Hamas and reconstruction of the war-devastated territory. He said Putin had received the invite and the Kremlin is 'studying the details'.

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France has said it does not plan to join the Board of Peace at this stage, while British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Monday that the UK is talking to allies about the plans.

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100 days into the ceasefire in Gaza, The UN World Food Programme said it had 'significantly expanded' operations across the state by reaching more than a million people each month with hot meals, bread bundles and food parcels.

However, the situation is still tricky given 77 percent of the population facing crisis level food insecurity. Furthermore, 100,000 people are experiencing 'catastrophic' levels of hunger.

And it all meets political backlash in Israel, where Bezalel Smotrich calls the “Board of Peace” plan bad for the state of Israel and says it should be canceled.</p>

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Gaza’s Health Ministry say that more than 460 people have been killed by Israeli fire since the ceasefire came into effect last October.

Israeli far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich dismissed the suggestion of a Board of Peace.

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"It is time to explain to the president that his plan is bad for the state of Israel and to cancel it,” Smotrich said. "Gaza is ours, its future will affect our future more than anyone else’s."

If this “Board of Peace” is supposed to bring calm, it’s starting its rollout with fire, hunger, and public pushback.

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