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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
William Christou

Israel objects to White House’s pick of leaders for ‘board of peace’

A photograph of Gaza City: in the distance, the skeleton of the damaged Bank of Palestine looms over the surrounding buildings, while in the foreground we see a city of tents occupied by people displaced by the war
Most of the Gaza strip was destroyed by Israeli bombs and bulldozers during its more than two-year war. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Israel has objected to the White House’s pick of world leaders who will join the so-called Gaza “board of peace”, meant to temporarily oversee governance and reconstruction in the strip.

The White House and other sources announced a flurry of appointments and invitations to the organisation over the last two days, including Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, former UK prime minister Tony Blair and the president of Argentina, Javier Milei.

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