![US President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the Board of Peace session held as part of the 56th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on January 22, 2026. [Harun Özalp - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AA-20260122-40335125-40335115-SIGNING_THE_CHARTER_OF_BOARD_OF_PEACE_IN_DAVOS.jpg)
Donald Trump’s announcement in Davos regarding the creation of a so-called “Board of Peace” is not a gesture of pacification, but an act of political engineering by US imperialism. It is a deliberate attempt to construct a parallel United Nations, emptied of any principle of sovereignty, international legality or genuine multilateralism, and placed under the absolute control of the United States, with Israel as a privileged strategic partner. The fact that Trump designated Gaza as the starting point for the board’s activities is no coincidence. Gaza today is the epicentre of an ongoing genocide, perpetrated by Israel with unrestricted political, military, financial and diplomatic support from the US. Turning Gaza into the inaugural “laboratory” of this board is, in practice, […]
