"The article reports that U.S. President Donald Trump announced his newly created “Board of Peace” has secured $5 billion in pledges to rebuild Gaza after more than two years of Israel’s ongoing genocidal violence. It repeats his claim that the board will take on a “broader mandate to resolve global crises” and directly quotes his assertion that it will become “the most consequential International Body in History” without offering a counter-perspective."
To the Global News and Associated Press,
I am writing on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (www.cjpme.org) regarding the AP article published on February 16, 2026 by Global News titled: “Trump says Board of Peace will unveil $5B in Gaza reconstruction pledges.”
The article reports that U.S. President Donald Trump announced his newly created “Board of Peace” has secured $5 billion in pledges to rebuild Gaza after more than two years of Israel’s ongoing genocidal violence. It repeats his claim that the board will take on a “broader mandate to resolve global crises” and directly quotes his assertion that it will become “the most consequential International Body in History” without offering a counter-perspective.
Two omissions are glaring.
First, the article fails to mention that Palestinians, the very people this so-called peace plan is materially affecting, have not been consulted at any stage. Worse, the report does not mention that not a single Palestinian is represented on the board. The executive board includes former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Kushner himself, with Trump serving as chair and holding veto power, alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is currently facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Second, the article platforms Trump’s grandiose plans, stating that the Board of Peace will “resolve global crises” without providing critical perspectives that center Palestinian voices and expose the imperial interests in Gaza and the 21st-century neo-colonialism of Trump’s rhetoric of peace.
Palestinians in Gaza have reacted to Trump’s board of peace, claiming that “no one is asking us what we want; no one came to us and asked what do you want.”
By omitting this essential information and platforming Trump’s “peace” framing, the segment presents the “Board of Peace”- a fundamentally colonial instrument as a pathway toward peace. This falls short of basic journalistic standards of balance and fairness.
We urge you now, and in future reporting on Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace”, to include Palestinian perspectives and independent expert analysis in order to uphold the pillar of balance as outlined in the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) Ethics Guidelines.
Lynn Naji
Media Analyst
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East