Context:

A draft resolution circulating within Donald Trump’s UN-sanctioned Board of Peace seeks sweeping immunity for the board, its staff, the international stabilization force in Gaza, and rebuilding contractors, while enabling them to claim public property in Gaza without charge. The four-page document, labeled sensitive but unclassified as Resolution No. 2026/3, would bar arrests and legal actions in Gaza against these actors and would allow the chair (Trump) to waive immunity with a simple majority from a seven-member executive panel that includes Kushner and other key aides. The plan, not yet finalized, relies on broadened protections beyond the original UN Security Council mandate (Res. 2803) and raises concerns about accountability in a territory lacking a governing status-of-forces agreement. Critics warn the framework could create an unaccountable internal system, while supporters point to oversight mechanisms that remain vaguely defined. The outcome hinges on final negotiations and formal sign-off by high-level officials, with implications for Gaza governance, international actors, and future reconstruction efforts.

Dive Deeper:

• The draft, titled Resolution No. 2026/3 and circulated within the Board of Peace, proposes near-total immunity for board members, the high representative’s office, Palestinian technocrats, nonresident contractors, and the international stabilization force in Gaza, including protection from arrests and legal proceedings.

• Trump, as board chair, would hold the power to waive any individual’s immunity, contingent on a majority vote from a seven-member executive panel that includes Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Susie Wiles, and Marco Rubio, among others.

• The document seeks to extend immunities beyond what UN Security Council Resolution 2803 contemplated when authorizing transitional Gaza governance through 2027, effectively broadening protections for those involved in stabilization and reconstruction.

• Section 7 of the draft outlines an internal claims process for property damage, injury, and death tied to Gaza operations, a point noted by multiple attorneys as indicative of a largely-insulated legal framework.

• Experts quoted by The Guardian argue the framework could render the board and associated personnel largely unaccountable to external legal bodies, particularly since Gaza lacks a status-of-forces agreement and Israel has declined to negotiate one.

• Bidders have been sought for rubble removal, security, and reconstruction work tied to Kushner’s vision for luxury development zones, including potential public premises and facilities in Gaza to be used free of charge by the board and related offices.

• Bulgarian high representative Nickolay Mladenov has been meeting Palestinian administrators in Cairo, though the draft has not yet been shared with them, and its effective date would be triggered by Mladenov’s signature.