The White House on Friday announced a first executive panel to include Rubio, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — both of whom are also closely involved in Ukrainian peace talks — as well as former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, before the formation of the overall board. It also appointed a second executive committee, which is expected to do the bulk of the work in remaking Gaza and includes Turkey’s foreign minister and a diplomat from Qatar, identified on Sunday as Ali Al Thawadi, minister for strategic affairs in the prime minister’s office.







