Netanyahu's New Peace Board and Gaza Strategy Shift Under Trump's Leadership

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been actively engaged in diplomatic and domestic initiatives over the past week. According to ILTV Israel News, Netanyahu formally accepted President Donald Trump's invitation to join the newly created Board of Peace, a US-led international conflict resolution initiative launching in Davos. The board, which Netanyahu described as beginning with Gaza and potentially expanding to other global conflicts, is chaired by Trump for life and includes representatives from Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, along with numerous Muslim-majority nations like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu made a notable strategic decision regarding the Board's launch ceremony. According to reporting from multiple sources, he rejected a White House request for President Isaac Herzog to attend the inauguration on Thursday in Davos, insisting the invitation was directed to him personally. This decision reportedly strained relations between Netanyahu's office and both the White House and the Israeli presidency, though sources indicate efforts to resolve the situation continued until hours before the ceremony.

On the Gaza front, Netanyahu emphasized that the next phase of ceasefire involves disarming Hamas and demilitarizing the Gaza Strip rather than reconstruction. He stated this would happen "the easy way or the hard way, but it will happen," speaking at a special Knesset session. Additionally, Netanyahu's office agreed to a limited reopening of the Rafah Crossing as part of Trump's twenty-point Gaza peace plan.

Netanyahu also met with US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee to discuss creating a mutual recognition framework for securities registration between Israel and the US, aimed at facilitating Israeli companies' access to American markets.

On the domestic front, former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot proposed forming a centrist political alliance with Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett that could challenge Netanyahu in elections scheduled for October. Netanyahu congratulated Trump on marking one year of his second term, with the two leaders having met six times since Trump's inauguration.

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