White House plans the first meeting of the leaders of the so-called Peace Committee the President Donald Trump in connection with With gauze on February 19, reports Reuters with reference to Axios.
Axios got that information from an American official and diplomats from four countries that are members of that committee.
Plans for the meeting, which would also be a donors' conference for the reconstruction of Gaza, are still in the early stages and could change, according to Axios.
The meeting is planned to be held at the Peace Institute of the United States of America in Washington, the report added, noting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has scheduled a meeting with Trump at the White House on February 18, the day before the planned meeting.
The White House and the US State Department did not respond to requests for comment, Reuters reports.
What is the Peace Committee?
At the end of January, Trump is in Davos founded a committee he will chair and which he claims will aim to resolve global conflicts, which has raised concerns among many experts that such a committee could undermine the United Nations.
Governments around the world reacted cautiously to Trump's call to join the initiative. While some of Washington's Middle Eastern allies have joined in, many traditional Western allies have remained on the sidelines for the time being.
The UN Security Council resolution, adopted in mid-November, authorized the committee and countries cooperating with it to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza, where a fragile truce began in October in accordance with Trump's plan, which was accepted by Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Under Trump's plan for Gaza, unveiled late last year, the committee was supposed to oversee the interim administration in Gaza. Trump then said that his mandate would extend to solving global conflicts.
Many human rights experts believe that Trump oversees a board charged with managing the affairs of a foreign territory reminiscent of a colonial structure and have criticized the board for not having a Palestinian representative on it, Reuters writes.
Who is on the Board?
Trump was joined at the Peace Committee signing ceremony in Davos by the leaders and representatives of 19 countries that accepted membership: Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo (whose statehood was not recognized by the UN), Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. These are practically the states that want to be under the American umbrella.
The leaders of the countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy and other European countries, did not even attend the signing, and some expressly refused the invitation.
A fragile truce
The ceasefire in Gaza has been repeatedly violated, and since the ceasefire began in October 2025, more than 550 Palestinians and four Israeli soldiers have been reported killed.
Israeli attacks on Gaza since the end of 2023 have claimed the lives of more than 71.000 Palestinians, caused a hunger crisis, and internally displaced the entire population of Gaza.
Several human rights experts, academics and a United Nations investigation say it can be characterized as genocide. Israel calls its actions self-defense, after Hamas-led militants killed 1.200 people and took more than 250 hostages in an attack in late 2023.
Source: Reuters/Vreme
