Letter
Keep the gaze on Gaza
Gideon Levy writing in an Israeli newspaper gives a very useful perspective. But let not Lebanon nor the Strait obscure Gaza (Southwest Palestine). Trump is the head for life of the Board of Peace set up to oversee the Gaza transition (without unfortunately Palestinian input), while Nickolay Mladenov is supposed to be doing the operational work. The Board gained UN recognition set up as a governmental body but now seems to be going private, with those funds paid in going to JP Morgan, rather than the World Bank, a decision Vance defends. But it removes Congressional scrutiny of the funds. Yet the World Bank’s CEO is a BoP member. Only a fraction of the BoP members, ie. Kosovo and Albania, so far seem to have dipped their toe in the Gaza waters, in relation to setting up a multinational transitional authority. Eight months have elapsed since the Gaza “ceasefire”. It is time now for real action, and that is not a total takeover of Gaza as Israel currently seems to be doing by degrees. Readers on these Gaza issues might like:” https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5837603/funds-for-trumps-board-of-peace-arent-in-world-bank-account-so-where-are-they
https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2026/06/board-up-trumps-failed-board-of-peace
— Geoff Taylor from Boorloo (Perth)