The full text of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ charter

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  January 19, 2026 Board of Peace charter hands US president broad powers, and links countries' membership to large financial contribution US President...

Israeli agricultural exports face looming ‘collapse’ as world rejects products over Gaza genocide

Jonathan Ofir Mondoweiss  /  January 19, 2026 Israeli farmers warn the country's agricultural export industry is facing a looming “collapse” due to international opposition to the...

Technocracy without power: is Gaza’s post-war Palestinian committee doomed to fail ?

Mohamed Solaimane The New Arab  /  January 19, 2026 Lacking sovereignty and security control, there are fears that Gaza's post-war technocratic committee could become a new...

EU receives invitation to join Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’: EU Commission

Middle East Monitor  /  January 19, 2026 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has received an invitation to join the US-led “Board of Peace”...

‘Silent battle’ over Gaza as Washington sidelines Netanyahu, Israeli media say

Middle East Monitor  /  January 19, 2026 Tensions are mounting between the United States and Israel over post-war arrangements for governing the Gaza Strip, amid...

What is Trump’s [so-called] ‘Board of Peace’ and who will govern Gaza ?

Faisal Edroos Middle East Eye  /  January 19, 2026 A potential US-led alternative to the United Nations, the board and the bodies that operate under it...

The US-Israel hybrid war against Iran

Jeffrey D. Sachs & Sybil Fares Common Dreams  /  January 19, 2026 Understanding the hybrid war tactics helps to explain why Trump’s rhetoric oscillates so abruptly...

Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps

Majd Jawad +972 Magazine  /  January 19, 2026 A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to...

Disease risks in Gaza at record highs amid vaccine shortages: UNRWA

Middle East Monitor  /  January 19, 2026 The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned Monday that disease risks in the Gaza Strip have reached...

Fearing a new mandate: Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ alarms Palestinians in Gaza

Sally Ibrahim The New Arab  /  January 19, 2026 For residents already living under siege and exhaustion, the council appeared less like a path to peace...