Trump outlines vague ambitions at first Board of Peace meeting

Yesterday's key developments:

  • World leaders prepared to head to Washington on Thursday to discuss the future of the Palestinian territories at the first gathering of US President Donald Trump'sBoard of Peace.

  • The UNSecurity Council held a high-level meeting Wednesday on the Gaza ceasefire deal and Israel's efforts to expand control in the West Bank.

  • A top UN official warned Wednesday that steps byIsraelto tighten control of areas of the West Bank administered by the Palestinian Authority amount tode facto annexation.

  • On Wednesday, Mike Waltz, the USambassador to the UN, appeared to criticise countries that had not yet signed on to the Board of Peace, saying that unlike the Security Council, the board is not talking, it is doing".

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)

Originally published on France24

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