Representatives from 27 countries attended in Washington giving substance to the , which has as its initial objective the supervision of the ceasefire in and the stabilization of the region. At the same time, the establishment of a body with a strong personal color and declared goal of surpassing the UN as a dispute resolution mechanism raises concerns in the international community.
At the inauguration of his brainchild, which took place on Thursday in the building of the US Institute of Peace – recently renamed the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace –, . He clarified that nine of the member countries of the Peace Council (Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Kuwait) contributed a total of seven billion dollars for the reconstruction of Gaza, and announced that the US will offer 10 billion.
“End of war” with 608 dead
He also declared “the end of the war in Gaza”despite the violation of the ceasefire on both sides, which according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza has led to the death of 603 Palestinians. Tel Aviv is talking about five dead hoplites from “terrorist attacks” from the beginning of the truce, on October 10, 2025.
On the military side, US Gen Jasper Jeffries proceeded with the necessary clarifications, explaining that the International Stabilization Force will be deployed in a total of five individual sectors and in the first phase in the city of Rafah. He expressed the hope that the troops to be made available by the participating countries will amount to 20,000 soldiers and announced that five of them (Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Albania) have committed to the availability of manpower. At the same time, Egypt and Jordan have agreed to undertake the training of 12,000 police officers, which will consist of Gaza residents who are up to 35 years old, have a clean criminal record and are in sufficient physical condition.
Her. Hamas greeted the announcements with skepticism, pointing out through the mouth of its representative Hazem Kasem how “the real test of the members of the Council lies in forcing the occupation forces to implement the ceasefire”. And the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was present at the meeting, made it clear that no reconstruction effort can thrive without first disarming the armed organizations (Hamas and Islamic Jihad).
$36 billion missing
For all Trump’s optimism, the amount raised for Gaza falls well short of the $53 billion the World Bank, which will handle the Peace Council’s Gaza money, estimated this week as needed to fully rebuild it (300,000 buildings have been destroyed or badly damaged).
Also, given that the Peace Council is under dubious legal status and membership in it comes at the concurrence of Trump – its head for life – it is not certain to bind participants to long-term, sustainable alliances. The American president emphasized that his goal is to strengthen the UN, for which he estimated that in the coming years “shall be supervised by the Council” – .
The Bloomberg analyst Andreas Kluth commented that “Trump’s multilateralism is actually a hyper-personalized form of diplomacy that tends towards neo-monarchy”. The analysts’ concerns are shared by others, most notably him Pope Leo. “Our opinion is that at the international level, above all, the UN should be the organization that will manage the crises” said the Vatican’s head of diplomacy Pietro Parolin.
The Council is opposed by Democrats in the US, the European Union, the UN and the Palestinians. But it managed to divide the EU, since only two states, Hungary and Bulgaria, participate as official members, while Greece, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland and the EU were present as observers. France, Norway and the EU have declared that they will not become members.
