For what purpose is the U.S. president creating the “Peace Council”?
Source: Express, @ru_south (Russia)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join the “Peace Council” on Gaza. The Kremlin is currently reviewing this proposal, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. Earlier, Donald Trump unveiled a large-scale initiative to create a “Peace Council” to govern the Gaza Strip.
The U.S. plan considers:
Temporary international administration of the Gaza Strip;
Coordination of reconstruction efforts under the supervision of the “Peace Council,” which would be responsible for strategic oversight and resource mobilization.
Who will govern, and who has been invited?
A personal project of Trump: According to sources, Trump himself would become the council’s lifetime chairman.
Key leadership lineup (according to RIA Novosti USA): Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff, the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and World Bank President Ajay Banga.
Invitations have been extended to:
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (who, according to his press secretary Ruslan Zheldibay, has accepted), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Brazilian President Lula da Silva. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have confirmed their participation in the Council.
How the new format differs from the UN:
Not universal, but selective.
Unlike the United Nations, where all countries are represented, the “Peace Council” would include only “selected” leaders, chosen at Trump’s discretion.
Financial model.
A fee of up to $1 billion may be charged for permanent membership, fundamentally changing the principles of forming international organizations compared to the UN’s contribution system.
Sharply negative reaction from Palestinian factions.
According to the IRNA news agency, the Islamic Jihad movement stated that the creation of this body “demonstrates Israel’s unwillingness to comply with agreements” and “represents an attempt to sabotage the peace process,” as its composition and mandate are formed exclusively in Israel’s interests.
The “Peace Council” project is an attempt by Donald Trump to create a new Washington-controlled structure that, by its nature, serves as an alternative to existing multilateral institutions such as the United Nations.
@kremlebezBashennik:
In essence, Donald Trump is creating a new UN: initially, this alternative mechanism would be useful for conflict resolution, and later, in the long term, it could be used to address all other issues as well. At the same time, an institution resembling a “global monarch” or, as it used to be called, a “gendarme,” is effectively taking shape in the form of the United States of America and the country’s leader personally. By and large, this has always been the case, but now a legal framework is seemingly being adjusted to fit it. The only difference is that whereas previously these decisions were at least coordinated with allies and ideological partners, this is no longer the case. Whatever the monarch wants is what will happen. The principle of “might makes right” prevails; he rules the ball on the “rock of the Council” and decides for others — Dmitry Drize on the prospects of creating a new UN.
@akhmetovkz:
The “Council” itself is, for now, merely an idea in Trump’s head. It has no legitimacy and no international recognition. Just “Trump said so.” And he, unsurprisingly, sees himself as its lifetime chairman. A classic style. Moreover, he wants to charge each founding participant one million dollars — for administrative expenses, of course. Very modest.
@politjoystic:
On the one hand, Trump inflates the membership fee; on the other, he views it as an entry ticket and payment for the right to regularly sit with him at the dinner table, as well as to receive preferences in Gaza’s reconstruction. If we compare this to the UN, it has three budgets: the regular budget (programs), the budgets for UN peacekeeping operations, and the budget of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). Countries are required to pay in proportion to their share.
