Ben Samuels writes in Haaretz: ‘The Davos ceremony only fueled suspicions that this project [Trump's Board of Peace] is less about overseeing Israeli–Palestinian peace in the post–Gaza war era than about advancing Trump's own ambition to reframe the international order as a ring-kissing enterprise, in which world leaders are not equals but chess pieces positioned to fight each other in the ongoing global palace intrigue for Trump's heart and mind.’

Comic relief is never far away when Trump’s grandiosity gets wings: ‘Kushner's presentation, like so much of Trump 2.0's approach to this conflict, was devoid of any genuine consideration for Palestinian realities – including a slide with Arabic reading in the incorrect direction.’

Trump doesn’t like reality, he likes to make his own realities. The Palestinians shouldn’t take this personally.

Their best hope for the time being is to become Israeli/American serfs.

The Board of Peace will march on.

(a sf 2036)