Why Trump's "Board of Peace" Won't Work for Gaza

Why Trump's "Board of Peace" Won't Work for Gaza

From The Brief by Jim Clancy

January 22, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

Sarah Leah Whitson discusses the implications of Trump's Global Board of Peace and critiques the state of U.S. democracy and its impact on Gaza.

Sarah Leah Whitson joins Jim Clancy in a discussion of Trump's "Global Board of Peace" and concerns about the state of U.S. Democracy. Whitson is an experienced Human Rights and Democracy advocate who co-founded DAWN (Democracy for the Arab World Now) with Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi before his murder. Whitson says "It is a profoundly anti-democratic entity and a profoundly colonial entity such that the people who actually live in Gaza have no say whatsoever for the government that is going to rule their lives." The discussion turns to the actual state of the ceasefire in Gaza, the failure to deliver most of the humanitarian aid and supplies and the effect that is having on civilians there. Whitson surveys the U.S. political scene and spares neither Republicans nor Democrats "What I am surprised and disappointed and frankly revolted by is the complacency, cowardice and corruption of the American political elites, of American civil society with power."

People in this episode

Host: Jim Clancy

Guest: Sarah Leah Whitson

Topics covered

  • Trump's Global Board of Peace
  • U.S. Democracy
  • Human Rights
  • Gaza Ceasefire
  • Political Commentary

Keywords

  • Trump
  • Gaza
  • Human Rights
  • Democracy
  • Ceasefire
  • Political Commentary
  • Sarah Leah Whitson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DAWN

Places: Gaza, U.S.

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