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Qatar and the Levant → Board of Peace

Member, guarantor and founding donor, and the mediator through which both Gaza ceasefires were announced.

Institutional membership Since 2026-01-22

Active
Assessed as of
2026-05-15
Last reviewed
2026-10-11

AssessmentHigh confidence

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Qatar and the LevantMember ofBoard of PeaceHas as a member
In short

Qatar is a member state of the Board of Peace, one of the four guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire and one of the eight founding donors. Both Gaza ceasefires were mediated in part through Doha, so Qatar sits on the Board as funder and as a channel to Hamas.

Board of Peace has as a member Qatar and the Levant. A directional arrangement: the two parties do not hold the same position in it. Authored once and read from both ends.

The arrangement

Status
ActiveIn force and operating. Says nothing about how well it is working, or about which way it is heading.
What it covers
InstitutionalDiplomaticFinanceCategories the arrangement is documented to include. Not a measure: a relationship covering more of them is described in more detail, not held more firmly.

Summary

The Board of Peace's report to the Security Council lists Qatar among its 28 member states, as one of the four guarantors that developed the July 2026 roadmap, and as one of eight states that signed the Declaration of Founding Donors on 19 February 2026. Ali Al-Thawadi sits on the Gaza Executive Board named by the White House. Qatar's prime minister announced the January 2025 ceasefire in Doha, and Resolution 2803 credits Qatar, with the United States, Egypt and Türkiye, with facilitating the October 2025 ceasefire. Israel struck Hamas's political leadership in Doha on 9 September 2025.

Why it matters

Reconstruction in Gaza depends on Gulf money and decommissioning on Hamas's consent; Qatar is on the Board for both reasons. Its membership is the institutional form of a role the relationship vocabulary has no type for: mediation.

Related events

What remains unknown

  • The amount Qatar has pledged or disbursed through the Board is not stated in any text read.
  • The 2026 status of Hamas's political bureau in Doha is not established.

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Sensitivity: public-contextual Confidence: High Sources: UN Security Council resolutions, Secretary-General reports and meeting records (Levant)↗ · US government statements and documents on Israel, Gaza and Lebanon · Reuters↗ · Al Jazeera English↗ Methodology Corrections

Assessed as of — 2026-05-15 Last reviewed — 2026-10-11