By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will host a Board of Peace meeting on Thursday in Washington, where he will announce that member states have pledged more than $5 billion for reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Gaza,

Members of the United Nations Security Council are calling for the Gaza ceasefire deal to become permanent and blasting Israeli efforts to expand control in the West Bank as a threat to prospects of a two-state solution.

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During the first meeting of the Board of Peace, it will have to grapple not just with Gaza but its own utility. Energy provides a surprising answer.

Rome has stated that certain provisions of the board's statute are incompatible with the Italian constitution. The Board of Peace's first meeting is scheduled for Thursday in Washington DC. Italy's opposition groups criticized a government plan to attend ...