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[Friends of International Law @fintlaw]

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[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🚨 The White House announced on Friday the composition of the Executive Board for the Gaza Board of Peace - the international body that will oversee the activities of the new Palestinian technocratic government in the enclave, as well as the process of Gaza’s reconstruction and demilitarization.

🕊️ The Executive Board will operate under the Board of Peace, which will be chaired by President Trump and include heads of state and government. The executive board will work under the board of peace and above the Palestinian technocratic government.

🧑‍💼 Former UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov will serve as the Board of Peace “High Representative” for Gaza — effectively the CEO.

Mladenov will report to an international Executive Board, whose members are:

🇺🇸 White House envoy Steve Witkoff;

🇺🇸 President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner;

🇹🇷 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan;

🇶🇦 Qatari minister Ali Al-Thawadi;

🇪🇬 Egyptian intelligence chief General Hassan Rashad;

🇬🇧 Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair;

💰 Billionaire businessman Marc Rowan;

🇦🇪 UAE Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reem Al-Hashimy;

🇮🇱 Israeli-Cypriot real estate tycoon Yakir Gabay;

🇺🇳 Former UN Gaza envoy Sigrid Kaag.

🚨 “Each member of the Executive Board will be responsible for a defined portfolio critical to stabilizing Gaza, including governance capacity-building, regional relations, reconstruction, investment attraction, large-scale funding, and capital mobilization,” the White House said.

🇶🇦🇹🇷🇦🇪 The composition of the Executive Board indicates that Turkey and Qatar will continue to be influential and involved in Gaza, despite Israel’s reservations. The United Arab Emirates is also represented on the Board - an issue that had not been finalized for many months.

🇺🇸 The White House announced that two close advisers to Jared Kushner - Aryeh Lightstone, who has served as Kushner’s representative in Israel in recent months, and Josh Gruenbaum, who authored the Gaza reconstruction plan - will serve as “senior advisers to the Board of Peace”

🔵 According to the White House, they will lead strategy and day-to-day operations and “translate the Council’s mandate and diplomatic priorities into disciplined execution.”

🪖🇺🇸 U.S. General Jasper Jeffers has been appointed commander of the International Stabilization Force in Gaza.

🚨 Jeffers will oversee all security matters related to the Palestinian technocratic government, assist in efforts to demilitarize the Gaza Strip, and supervise the safe transfer of humanitarian aid and reconstruction materials to ensure they do not fall into Hamas' hands

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

If the International Court of Justice infers genocidal intent from Myanmar's conduct against the Rohingya, the precedent would have a direct impact on the genocide case against Israel. https://t.co/1upxFSR5kD

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

Today, President Trump announced the U.S. is leaving 66 anti-American, useless, or wasteful international organizations. Review of additional international organizations remains ongoing.

These withdrawals keep a key promise President Trump made to Americans - we will stop subsidizing globalist bureaucrats who act against our interests. The Trump Administration will always put America and Americans first.

More: https://t.co/VnKtITGOfS

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

AMERICA FIRST 🇺🇸

Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations that no longer serve American interests including:

🔴35-non UN organizations
🔴31 UN entities

[Friends of International Law @fintlaw]

🚨🚨🚨 Breaking news: at 4:21 a.m. (-5GMT) @realDonaldTrump announced in #TruthSocial that #Maduro and his wife have been captured and flown out of #Venezuela . Details here: 👇🏻

[Friends of International Law @fintlaw]

🚨🚨🚨 Última hora: a las 4:21 a.m. (-5GMT) @realDonaldTrump anunció en #TruthSocial que #Maduro y su esposa han sido capturados y llevados en vuelo afuera de #Venezuela. Detalles aquí: 👇🏻

[Crown Intelligence Group @crownintelgroup]

🇻🇪 MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA

Residents across Caracas reported loud explosions, low-flying aircraft, and siren-like alarms in the early hours of January 3rd at 2:00 AM local time. Videos circulating on social media show flashes and smoke columns at multiple locations across the Venezuelan capital, with blasts strong enough to shake windows and cause brief power outages in areas including 23 de Enero and near La Carlota airbase.

Targets could include military sites like La Carlota or near Miraflores Palace, with explosions visible at at least six locations. No official confirmation has been issued by Venezuelan authorities, U.S. sources, or major news outlets. The incident comes amid escalating tensions following Trump’s blockade announcement and designation of the Maduro regime as a foreign terrorist organization.

[Friends of International Law @fintlaw]

@ClooneyFDN @mariaressa @ahrctweets Congratulations on this iniative

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

🎥 #ICC Trial Chamber I sentences Mr #AbdAlRahman to 20 years of imprisonment, following the trial judgment in which he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in #Darfur #Sudan.

[Friends of International Law @fintlaw]

@aesha_zaveri Thank you @aesha_zaveri for sharing. A most interesting read indeed.

[ADC-ICT @adc_ict]

The ADC Conference is underway today in The Hague. #ADCConf25

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

Across the globe, violence against women & girls continues to be at epidemic levels.

UN experts call on the international community to strengthen its resolve to guarantee access to effective justice of women and girls subjected to violence.

#16Days
https://t.co/toGPqd2fxA

[ICRC Library @ICRC_library]

⚖️Today marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the first #Nuremberg Trial.
On the 20th of November 1945, the International Military Tribunal began prosecuting high-ranking Nazi leaders for conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

[Friends of International Law @fintlaw]

⚖️Congratulations to @Harvard_Law on the release of a fully digitized collection of the Nuremberg Trials documents, marking the 80th anniversary of the first trial.

This extraordinary archive spans over 750,000 pages and includes:

🧾 Trial Documents (Materials presented by prosecution and defense)
📂 Evidence Files (Compiled records from war crimes investigators)
🗣️ Trial Transcripts (Verbatim courtroom proceedings, testimonies, and rulings)
📸 Photographs (Images of defendants, judges, and trial scenes)

🔍 Explore this monumental resource here ➡️: https://t.co/2WH3JkwzaY

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

#BREAKING

UN Security Council ADOPTS resolution authorizing a Board of Peace and an International Stabilization Force in #Gaza, as outlined in a United States “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict”.

VOTE RESULT:
In favor: 13
Against: 0
Abstain: 2

[CIJ_ICJ @CIJ_ICJ]

WATCH HERE: A video produced by the Carnegie Foundation @PeacePalace, in cooperation with the Court, about the Great Hall of Justice, the #ICJ courtroom, and its activities.

[Lauterpacht Centre for International Law @Lauterpacht_Ctr]

Join us next Friday at 1 pm, 21 November for the LCIL-CILJ Annual Lecture 2025: 'The Application of Human Rights Law to the Armed Forces' - Prof Alison Duxbury, Melbourne Law School. All welcome to attend. More information at: https://t.co/QeEDA2FrHT