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Board of Peace plan stalled as Israel blocks Gaza outpost construction, report says

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The Board of Peace, a project initiated by US President Donald Trump to end the conflict in Gaza, is facing a significant setback due to Israel's blocking of a key military outpost construction contract awarded to Arkel International. This contract, which involves the building of a base for 150 international troops, is part of the Board of Peace programme. Israel's refusal to permit the contract to move forward has halted the entire project, leaving Trump's efforts to bring an end to the conflict in Gaza in jeopardy.

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  • The Board of Peace, a project aimed at ending the conflict in Gaza, is facing a significa…: The Board of Peace, a project aimed at ending the conflict in Gaza, is facing a significant setback due to Israel's blocking of a key military outpost construction contract awarded to Arkel International.
  • This contract, which involves the building of a base for 150 international troops, is par…: This contract, which involves the building of a base for 150 international troops, is part of the Board of Peace programme.
  • Israel's refusal to permit the contract to move forward has halted the entire project, le…: Israel's refusal to permit the contract to move forward has halted the entire project, leaving Trump's efforts to bring an end to the conflict in Gaza in jeopardy.

Israel is not allowing the construction of a key military outpost in Gaza that is part of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, the Guardian has reported.

The board issued the contract in August to Louisiana-based Arkel International, which would build a base for 150 international troops that would serve as the vanguard of an international stabilisation force (ISF), the newspaper said.

Israel has yet to permit the contract to move forward, the Guardian reported, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Contractors and trucks are not being allowed to cross into Gaza to begin the work. “Israel won’t open the border,” the source said.

The Board of Peace, formed in the wake of an October 2025 ceasefire in Gaza, is central to Trump’s claims to have ended the conflict.

The source told the Guardian that without the contract, the rest of the Board of Peace programme cannot launch.

“You can’t get in without an international stabilisation force. You can’t rebuild,” the person said, according to the Guardian.

Original source: www.middleeasteye.net

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