United States President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, ostensibly to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, was always problematic, given US complicity in Israel’s genocidal campaign in the Strip.

Trump has put himself at the helm of the handpicked corporate overseers to “revive” a pulverised enclave. The envisaged structure of control over Gaza, seen as part of fulfilling Trump’s 20-point plan for the territory, opens the second phase of the peace process.

To what end? We already have a sense of how the pantomime will unfold.

The board comprises billionaires and pro-Israel figures, with Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov being named its “High Representative”.

A Gaza Executive Board will work with the Office of the High Representative and a Palestinian technocratic body, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG).

The White House said the NCAG will be led by technocrat Ali Sha’ath, formerly of the Palestinian Authority, who will be charged with restoring core public services, the reconstruction of civil institutions and “the stabilization of daily life........

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