JERUSALEM: International Minister Gideon Saar will symbolize Israel on the inaugural assembly of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” later this week in Washington, his workplace mentioned on Tuesday (Feb 17).
Hamas, in the meantime, known as on the newly-formed board to stress Israel to halt what it described as ongoing violations of the ceasefire in Gaza.
The Board of Peace, of which Trump is the chairman, was initially designed to supervise the Gaza truce and the territory’s reconstruction after the conflict between Hamas and Israel.
However its objective has since morphed into resolving all kinds of worldwide conflicts, triggering fears the US president desires to create a rival to the United Nations.
Saar will first attend a ministerial degree UN Safety Council assembly in New York on Wednesday, and on Thursday he “will symbolize Israel on the inaugural session of the board, chaired by Trump in Washington DC, the place he’ll current Israel’s place”, his workplace mentioned in a press release.
It was initially reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may attend the gathering, however his workplace mentioned final week that he wouldn’t.
Forward of the assembly, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem advised AFP that the Palestinian Islamist motion urged the board’s members “to take severe motion to compel the Israeli occupation to cease its violations in Gaza”.
“The conflict of genocide towards the Strip remains to be ongoing – via killing, displacement, siege, and hunger – which haven’t stopped till this very second,” he added.
