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The Board of Peace (BoP) (Arabic: مجلس السلام, romanized: majlis alsalam) is a United Nations mandated international transitional body established in 2025 as part of the Gaza peace plan. The board is to support with the reconstruction and economic recovery of the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the Gaza War.^[1][2] Under the plan, the administration of the Gaza Strip is to be turned over to a reformed Palestinian Authority following the transitional period.^[3][4] The board would support the International Stabilization Force, a multinational peacekeeping force whose deployment is intended to result in a phased withdrawal of the Israeli armed forces from most of the Gaza Strip and a Palestinian Committee which is to manage day-to-day governance in the territory.

The Gaza war began in October 2023 following a series of coordinated armed attacks carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups in southern Israel on 7 October 2023.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair, through his think tank the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, began developing a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip in July 2025 and discussed the idea with US president Donald Trump and his adviser Jared Kushner at a meeting at the White House on 27 August 2025.^[5][6]

US president Donald Trump shared a draft 20-point peace plan with Arab and Muslim majority countries on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025. Article 9 of the Trump deal incorporated Blair's proposals for a local executive committee overseen by an international board, and Article 15 describes plans for a multinational peacekeeping force and locally recruited civilian police service.^[7][8]

Trump presented a final version of his plan at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on 29 September 2025. The Palestinian Authority welcomed the proposal affirming their commitment to a "modern, democratic, and non-militarized Palestinian state".^[9] Hamas later announced that they would be willing to release all Israeli hostages, to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to an independent body of Palestinian technocrats and expressed a willingness to negotiate on Trump's proposed plan. Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas started in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt on 6 October.

On the evening of 8 October, Trump announced that an agreement had been reached on the first phase of the Gaza agreement, which would lead to the cessation of hostilities, the release of Israeli hostages, the release of some Palestinian prisoners, the partial withdrawal of Israeli forces to a predetermined Yellow Line, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.^[10] The first phase of the agreement was signed by both parties the following day and came into effect on 10 October 2025 with the cessation of hostilities.

Hamas, the PFLP, and Islamic Jihad rejected 'foreign guardianship' over the Gaza Strip.^[11]

Vice-president of the Palestinian Authority, Hussein al-Sheikh, met with Tony Blair on 12 October 2025 in Jordan to discuss the ceasefire and reconstruction in the Gaza Strip.^[12][13] That evening, Trump declared that "The war is over" and that the Board of Peace and interim administration would be formed quickly.^[14]

An international summit on the next phase of the peace plan, including the future governance of the Gaza Strip, was convened on 13 October 2025 in Sharm el Shaikh, Egypt.

A draft United Nations Security Council resolution was circulated by the United States on 3 November 2025 which would give a two year mandate to the International Security Force and set up a Board of Peace.^[15] The draft underwent two further revisions before being adopted as United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 on 17 November 2025.

Security Council resolution Resolution 2083 that gives a legal mandate to the Board of Peace, states that the board is "a transitional administration with an international legal personality", that it would "set the framework and coordinate funding for the administration and redevelopment of Gaza" and would "act in a manner consistent with international legal principles. The board is empowered to establish a committee of Palestinian technocrats to manage the day-to-day governance of the Gaza strip and a temporary multinational peacekeeping force to ensure implementation of the peace agreement.^[16][17]

Donald Trump has named himself chair of the board and has proposed former British prime minister Tony Blair as a board member.^[18] During his term as prime minister, Blair played a pivotal role in the Northern Ireland Peace Process leading to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

The European Union is also keen to play a role on the Board of Peace.^[19][20] It manages two overseas operations in the Palestinian territories: the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Rafah and the European Union Mission for the Support of Palestinian Police and Rule of Law.

Resolution 2083 empowers the Board of Peace to supervise and support a "Palestinian technocratic, apolitical committee of competent Palestinians from the [Gaza] Strip, which shall be responsible for day-to-day operations of Gaza's civil service and administration".

A multinational peacekeeping force, the International Stabilization Force, would be deployed to provide strategic stability and operational protection in Gaza during the transitional period.^[21] The plan would see the Israeli armed forces withdraw from most of the Gaza Strip once the International Stabilization Force is deployed.^[22][23]

The Board of Peace, with the support of a International Stabilization Force, is authorised to "train and provide support to the vetted Palestinian police forces" in the Gaza Strip.

A Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), under the leadership of Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command was set up shortly after the ceasefire agreement came into effect on 10 October 2025. The center aims to help facilitate the flow of humanitarian, logistical, and security assistance from international counterparts into Gaza.

• United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
• European Union Border Assistance Mission to Rafah
• List of territories administered by the United Nations
• Israeli–Palestinian peace process
• Two-state solution

• President Donald J. Trump's Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict
• The World Factbook - Gaza Strip