Trump looks beyond 2028 as Board of Peace recruits former Biden aide to build bipartisan support

OCTOBER 26, 2026 19:52The Board of Peace is continuing its efforts to build bipartisan support in Congress for both the board and US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, seeking backing from Republicans and Democrats alike.As part of these efforts, Shelley Greenspan, who served as former president Joe Biden’s liaison to the Jewish community, has been appointed to a senior position at the Board of Peace. She will be responsible for congressional outreach, particularly to Democratic lawmakers.Greenspan, who will begin her new role next week, will work under Josh Gruenbaum and Aryeh Lightstone, senior advisers to the Board of Peace.Greenspan, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, previously served on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign research team, worked at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and held management and policy positions at technology companies, including Amazon.She also served at the State Department and on the National Security Council (NSC), focusing on global partnerships. In 2022, she was appointed as Biden’s liaison to the Jewish community.In a statement shared with The Jerusalem Post, Greenspan said she was honored to join the Board of Peace at such a consequential time.A sign at the entrance to the LSA Endurance, a logistical support and staging facility designed to support the International Stabilization Force (ISF) under the direction of the Board of Peace (BoP), near the Israel-Gaza border in the Kerem Shalom area, southern Israel, August 10, 2026. (credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)“At the State Department, I worked to advance the President’s vision for peace and prosperity in the Middle East and saw how the President’s 20-Point Plan can tangibly deliver for the peoples of Gaza and Israel. I look forward to continuing that work with the Board,” she said.Trump administration seeks lasting bipartisan support for Gaza planThe Trump administration’s strategy is to ensure that the 20-point Gaza peace plan and the Board of Peace do not become short-lived initiatives that operate only under Trump or another Republican president.Instead, the administration aims to establish bipartisan support for both initiatives, encouraging a future Democratic president, if one is elected in 2028, to continue implementing the Gaza plan and supporting the board’s work.The move may reflect lessons learned from the Abraham Accords. In 2020, during his first term, Trump announced agreements to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan. The goal was to secure additional agreements, including between Israel and Indonesia and Saudi Arabia.However, after Biden took office in January 2021, his administration refrained from advancing new normalization agreements.Some critics argued that the administration was even reluctant to use the term “Abraham Accords” because it did not want to give Trump credit for the agreements.It was not until June 2023 that then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken appointed Dan Shapiro, a former US ambassador to Israel, as a senior adviser for regional integration and special envoy for expanding the Abraham Accords at the State Department.Prominent Democrats voice support for Trump's Gaza peace planIn recent months, several prominent Democrats, including former US ambassador to Israel Jack Lew, former senior Biden administration adviser Brett McGurk, and Hillary Clinton, have expressed support for Trump’s Gaza peace plan.“The 20-point plan is not the one many of us would have drafted, but it remains the only framework backed by sufficient leverage, political engagement and potential resources to move the parties towards implementation,” Clinton, the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee, wrote several months ago in an article for the Financial Times.“Shelley brings deep experience working across the aisle, having earned the trust of Democrats and Republicans alike through her service at the White House, National Security Council, and State Department in Democratic and Republican administrations,” the Board of Peace said in a statement to the Post.“Sustained, bipartisan support from Congress is essential to the work ahead, and Shelley is uniquely capable of leading this effort,” the statement added.Follow us on Google