Overview
- Trump is presiding in Washington with representatives from more than two dozen countries present and others observing, and Israel is represented by Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.
- White House officials say members pledged over $5 billion for relief and reconstruction, well below the roughly $70 billion rebuilding estimate from U.N., EU and World Bank assessments.
- An International Stabilization Force is under discussion with thousands of personnel floated; Indonesia is preparing up to 8,000 troops, though wider commitments and deployment timing remain unclear.
- Major implementation questions persist over Hamas disarmament, humanitarian access and who engages the group, and Palestinians — including Hamas — have no seat on the board.
- Concerns over legitimacy continue as the charter concentrates powers in the chair and ties permanent seats to large payments, with the Vatican declining to join and several Western allies opting out or attending only as observers.