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Trump's Board of Peace Pledges $5 Billion for Gaza Rebuilding

Is Trump's Gaza board a billionaire pay-to-play scheme or a historic opportunity to achieve lasting peace?

Published FEB 16

Trump's Board of Peace Pledges $5 Billion for Gaza Rebuilding

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Above: A Palestinian carrying water to his living area in Gaza City on Feb. 16, 2026 Image credit: Saeed M. M. T. Jaras/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Anti-Trump narrative

Trump's Gaza "peace board" is nothing but a pay-to-play scheme packed with billionaire real estate moguls and equity firm CEOs who bought seats for $1 billion while completely excluding Palestinians and Arabs from any decision-making role. This isn't reconstruction — it's a corporate takeover disguised as humanitarian aid, where the world's richest investors get to profit off Gaza's devastation while the actual landowners have zero say in their own future.

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Pro-Trump narrative

The Board of Peace represents a historic opportunity to finally solve one of the world's most intractable conflicts by holding regional actors accountable and forcing countries like Qatar and Turkey — who funded and hosted Hamas — to pay for the destruction they enabled. U.N. peacekeeping has failed repeatedly, standing by while terrorists stockpiled weapons and murdered civilians, so a results-oriented approach led by countries with actual skin in the game offers Gaza's best shot at lasting peace and prosperity.

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