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BumRushDaShow

(173,633 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:43 PM 11 hrs ago

Trump's Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show

Source: The Guardian

Sat 27 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT
Last modified on Sat 27 Jun 2026 08.02 EDT


The UN-sanctioned Board of Peace announced by Donald Trump earlier this year to rule Gaza is planning a sweeping grant of legal immunity for itself, according to a draft of the resolution obtained by the Guardian. The draft language would also let the organization obtain public property in Gaza “free of charge”.

The four-page resolution, labeled “sensitive but unclassified”, extends broad protections to every member of the Board of Peace and its administrative affiliate, the office of the high representative (OHR), as well as to the Palestinian technocrats, international military forces and nonresident contractors lined up to perform work in Gaza. It defines legal processes from which they would have immunity as “any arrest, detention or legal proceedings in the courts or other entities in Gaza”.

It is unclear if the document is attempting to relieve the Board of Peace and its affiliates from prosecution in international courts, in addition to potential claims in Gaza. The Board of Peace’s chair, Donald Trump, would have the right to waive someone’s legal immunity, pending majority support from his peace board, the June 2026 draft resolution states.

The seven-member “executive board” that leads the Board of Peace includes Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner; special envoy Steve Witkoff; the president’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles; and his national security adviser, Marco Rubio. Though countries have pledged billions, most have not yet transferred funds to support its work in Gaza and no major contracts have been issued. The White House referred questions to the Board of Peace.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jun/27/board-of-peace-legal-immunity-un

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Trump's Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago OP
What is it with Trump and "immunity"? Everything he does requires some form of immunity. sop 11 hrs ago #1
And non-disclosure, non-competes. And require arbitration (the arbitor is DJT or sons). erronis 11 hrs ago #3
Anything to avoid accountability. sop 11 hrs ago #10
Right? Republicans would be the first to say, "If you're not doing anything wrong, you don't need to worry." Beartracks 9 hrs ago #18
It's stupid as fuck. You only need immunity in advance if you intend to abuse your authority. There is literally no Karasu 6 hrs ago #19
In other words, they are announcing that they intend to commit crimes. jls4561 11 hrs ago #2
As they say on the golf course: Fore! erronis 11 hrs ago #5
Absolutely not legally binding Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #4
This 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 11 hrs ago #11
So, this "Board of Peace" can just requisition whatever "public property" in Gaza it wants to AZJonnie 11 hrs ago #6
Exactly! Why did the UN give its approval last year? AloeVera 11 hrs ago #12
Yeah, I call bullshit on that too Bayard 10 hrs ago #14
Disgusted snort. Solly Mack 11 hrs ago #7
I hereby declare that I am immune from prosecution ..... groundloop 11 hrs ago #8
Hitler's Germany also granted itself immunity from prosecution jgmiller 11 hrs ago #9
Let's just call it what the WAR president means , Hey Joe 10 hrs ago #13
So the "Board of Peace" is planning to commit a lot of crimes. tanyev 10 hrs ago #15
How can a board grant itself legal immunity and give itself free land? SamuelAdams 10 hrs ago #16
Trump knows the "Board of Peace" is going to displace people and build investment properties with the donated money ChicagoTeamster 9 hrs ago #17

sop

(19,894 posts)
1. What is it with Trump and "immunity"? Everything he does requires some form of immunity.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:46 PM
11 hrs ago

erronis

(24,984 posts)
3. And non-disclosure, non-competes. And require arbitration (the arbitor is DJT or sons).
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:50 PM
11 hrs ago

Beartracks

(14,752 posts)
18. Right? Republicans would be the first to say, "If you're not doing anything wrong, you don't need to worry."
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 03:05 PM
9 hrs ago

Karasu

(2,327 posts)
19. It's stupid as fuck. You only need immunity in advance if you intend to abuse your authority. There is literally no
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 05:51 PM
6 hrs ago

other reason.

AZJonnie

(4,216 posts)
6. So, this "Board of Peace" can just requisition whatever "public property" in Gaza it wants to
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:52 PM
11 hrs ago

completely free-of-charge, without fear of legal repercussions, and do so by executive fiat, declaring "this is how it is now?".

And the UN is "sanctioning" that outfit (and not in the negative sense of the word)?

What kind of fucking bullshit is this?

AloeVera

(4,667 posts)
12. Exactly! Why did the UN give its approval last year?
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:19 PM
11 hrs ago

It's hard to understand they would not have seen through the fairy tale of the "Board of Peace".

The UN gave up its power and now can do diddly-squat about this theft from the poor on a grand-scale.

Bayard

(30,684 posts)
14. Yeah, I call bullshit on that too
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:43 PM
10 hrs ago

Israel has already stolen half of Gaza in the West Bank. Now trump's merry band of pirates are going to go for the rest. Public property? They're not going to differentiate. Private property is a thing of the past.

As for, No Prosecution--not likely.

(We need an emoji for complete disgust.)

groundloop

(14,002 posts)
8. I hereby declare that I am immune from prosecution .....
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:56 PM
11 hrs ago

for whatever mischief may happen to occur against my magat neighbors property, tRump signs, tRump flags, etc.

jgmiller

(714 posts)
9. Hitler's Germany also granted itself immunity from prosecution
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:00 PM
11 hrs ago

It didn't really help them once they no longer had any power. There's always someone bigger who laughs at people granting themselves immunity.

SamuelAdams

(357 posts)
16. How can a board grant itself legal immunity and give itself free land?
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:21 PM
10 hrs ago

The UN should be ashamed of itself for going along with this.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,481 posts)
17. Trump knows the "Board of Peace" is going to displace people and build investment properties with the donated money
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 03:01 PM
9 hrs ago

giving overvalued contracts to connected developers and most of the money will probably be embezzled, construction will either be shoddy or never finished, and the entire international law enforcement apparatus will probably be triggered by the expansive level of crime being planned.

Why else would everyone need immunity in advance?

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