US-Backed Board of Peace: How Neoliberal Diplomacy Perpetuates Gaza’s Cyclical Violence Under Corporate Oversight
Original framing: “What has Trump’s Board of Peace achieved in a year since Gaza ‘ceasefire’?” — Al Jazeera
The Board of Peace’s exclusion of marginalized voices—such as Gaza’s internally displaced persons, women-led resistance groups, or even Hamas—reflects a deliberate strategy to depoliticize conflict and center elite negotiations. Oral histories from Gaza’s refugee camps reveal how imposed peace processes have historically deepened trauma by ignoring the right of return, a demand central to Palestinian collective memory. The board’s corporate composition also silences labor movements, like those of Gaza’s garment workers, who face exploitation under 'peace' frameworks that prioritize foreign investment over workers’ rights. These omissions ensure that the board’s 'peace' is not just ineffective but actively harmful to the most vulnerable.
The Board of Peace is not a failed mediator but a deliberate instrument of neocolonial control, designed to perpetuate Gaza’s occupation under the guise of 'peacebuilding.
' Its corporate composition, historical parallels to imposed agreements like Oslo, and exclusion of Palestinian self-determination reveal a system where 'solutions' are engineered to maintain power rather than restore justice. The trickster’s lens exposes the absurdity of framing such a board as neutral, while Indigenous and decolonial frameworks demonstrate that sustainable peace requires dismantling oppressive structures—not just managing their symptoms. The path forward lies in centering marginalized voices, historical accountability, and economic sovereignty, as seen in models like the Zapatistas or Cuba’s solidarity economies. Without this systemic shift, the Board of Peace’s 'peace' will remain what it is: a tool of domination repackaged as progress.