Gaza 'Peace Board' Touts Architect of Failed 'Peace'
The New Arab reports that Nikolay Mladenov, a former UN envoy with a long history in the region, is being touted for a Gaza 'board of peace'—a Trump-era proposal. Mladenov, who served during periods of escalating Israeli bombardment and settlement expansion (see, for example, UN reports on Gaza 2014, 2021), is now presented as a beacon of future stability. This is the same diplomatic playbook that
has consistently delivered more occupation, more violence, and zero sovereignty for Palestinians. One might wonder if 'peace board' is just another euphemism for managing the occupation and ensuring 'stability' that benefits everyone but Gazans. The endless cycle of appointing well-connected officials to 'solve' problems they often helped create is less about genuine resolution and more about
maintaining the illusion of effort, while the fundamental power imbalance remains untouched. How many 'peace processes' have we seen fail under the watch of these very architects? It's not a peace board; it's a revolving door for the status quo.