Kosovo needed international law to survive. Now it's helping Israel bypass it in Gaza

After Israel’s approval, Kosovo on Monday officially signed up to US President Donald Trump’s controversial so-called Board of Peace and the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) for Gaza. In a statement on X, the Board of Peace called the signing ceremony a “landmark” event that underscored “Kosovo's commitment to the ISF mission and its continued support for the strategic objectives in President Trump's 20-Point Peace Plan”. The Board of Peace went on to say that Kosovo had deployed soldiers to Israel in early spring, far earlier than publicly stated, and that they were “leading planning across logistics, civil affairs”, as well as operating in Gaza and clearing “unexploded ordnance”. Read more: Kosovo needed international law to survive. Now it's helping Israel bypass it in Gaza US President Donald Trump meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as people in Gaza mourn a loved one and a Kosovo flag flies over soldiers amid the ruins (Middle East Eye illustration/AFP)