The Board of Peace was established as part of the US plan for Phase Two in the Gaza Strip. According to a Bloomberg report, countries will be required to pay $1 billion to maintain their membership. The White House denied the claim, saying there is no financial requirement as a condition for joining.
Yarden Bibas shared a deeply personal and painful post on his Instagram account to mark the third birthday of his son, Kfir, a birthday the child never lived to celebrate. In his words, Bibas expressed deep remorse and anguish over the reality into which his son was born. “I’m sorry that I brought you into such a cruel world,” he wrote.
Young Jews from Argentina who arrived in Israel through the Birthright program volunteered today with the 'Chasdei Naomi' organization and spoke about the rise in antisemitism in their home country, the fear of identifying as Jewish, and their decision to come to Israel during a period of heightened security tensions.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the declaration on the composition of the Gaza excutive board, which is subordinate to the peace board, was not coordinated. The question is: what exactly was not coordinated with Israel?
The Americans are pushing to move quickly toward transferring civilian control of the Gaza Strip out of the hands of Hamas. Israel could find itself facing a policing force it opposes, and more critically, Turkish and Qatari involvement in one of Gaza’s governing bodies. The reservations voiced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office are largely symbolic. Israel is expected to fall in line with the transition to Phase 2.
