January 19, 2025: The formation of Board of Peace by Trump administration seems to have cynically shifted away from its original purpose and objective agreed upon by the parties at the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement. It is now clear that the Board is being projected as an alternative to the United Nations Organization, with all authority concentrated in the hands of the Trump-led United States. The recent US aggression against Venezuela serves as a clear warning of what such concentration of power under Trump entails: colonial subjugation and the denial of peoples’ dignity and sovereignty.

Despite the October 2025 ceasefire and the creation of the Board, Israel, with the full backing of the US and Western powers, continues daily indiscriminate killings, systematic destruction of remaining homes and infrastructure, and the deliberate starvation of the people of the besieged Gaza Strip.

As per the reports, Indian government has been invited by Trump to be part of the board. India, with its rich anti-colonial legacy and long-standing solidarity with the Global South, must not be part of this ploy to create a Trump-US power-centric new colonial world order. It is shameful that during the Israel-US led genocide in Gaza, the Modi government has betrayed this historic legacy and instead chosen closer cooperation with colonial and oppressive forces.

India must immediately course-correct and strengthen its solidarity and support to the people of Palestine and their struggle for their liberation. We must stand with the Palestinian people and uphold their right to determine their own future, free from occupation, apartheid, and foreign domination.

-- Central Committee, CPI(ML) Liberation