Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Explaining Trump’s “Board of Peace”
I have been seeing far too many misinterpretations and too many accusations resulting from those misinterpretations of the Trump Board of Peace.
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However, it has now been expanded into a new concept, so this is an explanation.
1. The Board of Peace idea started with Gaza as a way of getting international support for ending Hamas and rebuilding the mess that Gaza has become, and
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as a plan to create a framework for negotiating peace worldwide.
2. Members have been by invitation. Members will have seats for three years (renewable), with members contributing $1 billion not having their terms expire.
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3. This board really comes from the fact that the United Nations has been a failure at doing what it was created to do. The objections to the Board of Peace among many European nations, and especially among third-world and Muslim nations,
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have been because they fear that it will replace the United Nations organizations and, perhaps more to the point, end U.S. support for the UN, which today is 25% of its regular budget and almost 100% of most of its affiliated agencies.
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In fact, President Trump has already canceled funding for many of those agencies.
4. To correct misinformation: The Board of Peace will have no influence on how Gaza is developed.
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It is not an attempt to undermine Israel, as it cannot, and it will give no special access to Gaza to any other nation.
So, that is it."
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