It has been one year since United States President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP) brokered a “ceasefire” aimed at eventually ending Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. However, rather than receiving relief and a chance to rebuild, Palestinians in the enclave continue to face attacks and be uprooted as Israeli forces have expanded control within the territory. Trump first proposed the BoP in September 2025, saying it would stabilise Gaza and ensure lasting peace.
In November, a United Nations Security Council resolution recognised the board as a “transitional administration” in Gaza. But what has the board achieved? Here’s what we know: The BoP’s mission was laid out in Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan, as was the “ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas.
The ceasefire began on October 10, 2025. The plan envisioned steps for each side to take that could eventually create a “credible pathway” to Palestinian statehood. It required Israeli forces to withdraw to about 50 percent of the Gaza Strip and cease aerial and artillery bombardments.
It also required Israel to release 250 Palestinian prisoners and another 1,700 people jailed from Gaza since October 7, 2023, the day that Hamas led attacks into southern Israel and Israel began the war. The plan proposed reopening border crossings to allow much-needed aid into Gaza. The peace plan required Hamas to release all Israeli captives.
It also proposed a later phase in which the group would disarm and its members would be granted amnesty or a safe exit from Gaza. The peace plan established the BoP as a transitional governing body until the Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the occupied West Bank, could take over. An International Stabilization Force (ISF), led by the US, was supposed to take over security in Gaza from withdrawing Israeli forces, the plan stated.
It also proposed the reconstruction and redevelopment of Gaza, whose people, it said, “have suffered enough”. In February, the BoP’s members, who each joined in exchange for a $1bn annual fee, met in Washington, DC, for its first summit, at which member states pledged $7bn in funding although aid agencies said reconstructing Gaza would cost closer to $70bn. On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month, the BoP also unveiled a 66-project recovery plan worth $2.4bn.
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