Former UK leader Blair joins Carney and Rubio on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Canada’s leader Mark Carney and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among the members of the “Board of Peace” that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza.

The establishment of the board, chaired by US President Donald Trump, is a key step in the United Nations-backed American plan to demilitarize and rebuild the enclave, that was ravaged by two years of war between Israel and the Hamas militant group.

The “founding Executive Board” also includes Trump’s foreign-policy envoy Steve Witkoff, deputy national security adviser Robert Gabriel and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, as well as billionaire businessman Marc Rowan and World Bank head Ajay Banga.

Additional members are yet to be announced, a White House statement said Friday. A Canadian government official subsequently told CNN that Prime Minister Carney had also accepted an invitation to join the board.