UAE Transfers $100 Million to Board of Peace for Gaza Police Training

The United Arab Emirates transferred $100 million to the Board of Peace on Friday. The contribution will help fund training for a new police force in Gaza and represents the largest donation to the organization since its founding member states each pledged $1 billion.

The UAE aims to assist in building a police force of approximately 27,000 personnel. Law enforcement authorities are scheduled to receive training in Egypt and Jordan before deployment in Gaza. The Board of Peace is also working to launch the International Stabilization Force outlined in the 2025 Gaza peace plan.

That force would consist of troops contributed by international partners. It would be responsible for overseeing the transition of Israeli military forces out of the territory. Coordination with Israeli authorities would be required on activities in areas currently under Israeli control.

"We need to coordinate between the Board of Peace and Israel on a lot of the activities that need to take place in the areas that the IDF controls in Gaza in order to finalize the process of removing the remains of tunnels or weapons caches," Board of Peace High Representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov said this week.

Nations that have secured seats on the Board of Peace include the United States, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Egypt, El Salvador, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

Each was required to pledge at least $1 billion to a fund supporting implementation of the Gaza peace plan. It remains unclear which member nations have transferred their pledged funds. The ultimate goal of the peace plan is to unite Gaza and the West Bank under a technocratic, secular governing structure.

Primary objectives include the removal of Hamas militants, decommissioning of weapons, and de-radicalization efforts. Disarming Hamas has presented challenges for international partners. The group has been largely decapitated and cannot currently wage significant counter-warfare, but is believed to retain substantial weapons caches.

Hamas has expressed concerns that a future Palestinian state without defensive capabilities could face renewed incursions.