Board of Peace to unveil $5 billion in Gaza reconstruction at inaugural meeting, Trump says
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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?
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.
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.
Metaculus Prediction
There is a 6.7% chance that the Gaza war will end and significant progress will be made towards a two-state solution before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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