Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has prevented President Isaac Herzog from attending the signing ceremony of the Peace Board Charter in Davos, Switzerland.
According to Israel's Channel 12 television channel, the White House sent Netanyahu an invitation stating that the prime minister, president or another representative could attend the ceremony. Netanyahu was unable to travel to Davos himself due to an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for involvement in war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
Channel 12 revealed that Washington administration representatives had approached Israel twice, hoping to see President Isaac Herzog at the signing ceremony in Netanyahu’s absence. Tensions rose during the discussions, with Netanyahu insisting that the invitation from US President Donald Trump had been addressed to him personally. In the end, he blocked Herzog from attending the ceremony.
As a result, Israel was not represented at all at the signing ceremony of the charter of the Peace Board, whose primary mission is to resolve the conflict in the Gaza Strip and rebuild the Palestinian enclave after the war. According to Channel 12, this situation has "created tension" between the offices of the prime minister and president in Israel, as well as between Netanyahu's office and the White House.
On January 22, representatives from 19 countries signed the charter of the Peace Board, created as part of the Gaza peace agreement, on the sidelines of the Davos Forum. Trump said that other countries had also joined the organization. The Peace Board was formed to govern Gaza, but is also expected to be involved in preventing and resolving conflicts in other regions.
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