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The United States and the Levant → Board of Peace

A founding member whose president chairs the Board and whose general commands the stabilisation force it authorises.

Institutional membership Since 2026-01-22

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

AssessmentHigh confidence

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The United States and the LevantMember ofBoard of PeaceHas as a member
In short

The United States is one of the 28 member states of the Board of Peace, which Resolution 2803 welcomed as Gaza's transitional administration. The Board's chairman is President Trump, who signed its Charter, and the stabilisation force it authorises is under US unified command.

Board of Peace has as a member The United States 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
InstitutionalDiplomaticDefenceCategories 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 was welcomed by Resolution 2803 as a transitional administration with international legal personality. Its founding Charter was signed on 16 January 2026 by "its Chairman, President Trump", and launched at Davos on 22 January, when the Board became an international organisation; its report to the Council lists 28 states whose heads of state are members, the United States among them. The US is also one of the four guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, and the International Stabilization Force operates "under the unified command of the United States" through Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers. The White House named the Board's founding executive board, among them the Secretary of State and two US envoys, on 16 January 2026.

Why it matters

The body administering Gaza's transition is chaired by the president of the state that brokered the ceasefire, guarantees it and supplies Israel. That concentration is the defining feature of Gaza's post-war governance; the Board's first report reached the Council as a letter from the US mission.

Related events

What remains unknown

  • The Charter itself was not read; its membership terms, and whether the chair attaches to the US presidency or to the person, are not established.
  • The Board's second six-monthly report, due about mid-November 2026, had not been circulated as of 11 October 2026.

Watch questions this relationship bears on

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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 Methodology Corrections

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