The BibiLeaks Scandal: Forged Documents to Prolong War
In September 2024, as ceasefire negotiations were gaining momentum and Israeli hostage families were pressuring Netanyahu to make a deal, something suspicious happened. The German tabloid Bild published what appeared to be classified Hamas documents suggesting the militant group was planning to smuggle Israeli hostages to Egypt and Iran.
The leak had its intended effect: it made hostage families' protests look like they were playing into Hamas' hands, undermining public pressure for a prisoner swap. The documents suggested Hamas was "winning" the information war, justifying Netanyahu's refusal to negotiate.
There was just one problem: the documents were forged.
According to investigations by Israeli media and prosecutors, Netanyahu's chief of staff Tzachi Braverman allegedly blackmailed an IDF intelligence officer with embarrassing photos to obtain classified documents. Those documents were then manipulated or completely fabricated before being leaked to Bild. The goal was transparent: prolong the war by undermining ceasefire efforts.
Why the Leak Mattered: War as Business Opportunity
The BibiLeaks scandal isn't just about political dirty tricks. It reveals the mechanism by which Gaza's destruction was prolonged and intensified - creating the conditions for what came next.
Remember: Steve Witkoff admitted on 60 Minutes that they had "master plans in place for two years" for Gaza reconstruction. The October 7, 2023 attack happened in fall 2023. Two years before that interview puts planning around 2023 - potentially before the war that supposedly necessitated reconstruction.
The timeline becomes chilling:
- Pre-2023: "Master plans" for Gaza redevelopment being drafted (per Witkoff)
- October 7, 2023: Hamas attack provides pretext for massive military response
- September 2024: Just as ceasefires might end the war, Netanyahu's aides leak forged documents to justify continuing
- Result: War continues, 75,000+ killed, 90% of Gaza destroyed
- January 2026: "Board of Peace" announced with luxury hotel plans, Trump as chairman-for-life, Netanyahu joining
The forged leaks weren't just about politics - they were about maintaining the conditions necessary to execute pre-existing development plans. You can't build the "Gaza Riviera" if a ceasefire preserves existing structures and population. The war had to continue.
The Board of "Peace": Criminals Running the Asylum
Now, in a development that would be darkly comic if it weren't so tragic, Netanyahu is joining Trump's Board of Peace - despite having ICC arrest warrants for war crimes including starvation as a method of warfare.
Here's what we know about the Board:
- Trump chairs for life - Can serve "in a permanent capacity, so potentially for life" and alone designates his successor
- $1 billion for membership - Countries pay for "permanent" seats (though now being called "voluntary")
- Charter doesn't mention Gaza - Despite being supposedly created for Gaza reconstruction, the word doesn't appear once
- Global conflict resolution - Plans to expand beyond Gaza to "other conflict zones around the world"
- Executive board - Jared Kushner, Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Tony Blair, plus Turkey and Qatar representatives
Who's Joining This Criminal Enterprise?
Confirmed members so far:
- Netanyahu - Under ICC arrest warrants for war crimes, under criminal investigation in Israel for BibiLeaks, previously criticized the board but reversed course
- Pakistan - Historically hostile to Israel, now joining alongside them in a "peace" board
- Hungary - Viktor Orbán's authoritarian government
- Vietnam - Confirmed participation
- Russia and Belarus - "Considering" joining (both under international sanctions)
Countries that refused:
- France - Explicitly declined
- Canada - Publicly refused to pay the billion-dollar fee
The Transactional Corruption: How It Works
This isn't diplomacy. It's a criminal partnership model where:
1. Deception Creates the Pretext
Netanyahu's forged documents prolonged the war. More destruction = more reconstruction opportunities = more profit. Lie about ceasefire negotiations to justify continuing the killing.
2. Bribery Purchases Legitimacy
$1 billion buys you a seat at the table where Trump (chairman-for-life) decides Gaza's future. Countries with terrible human rights records can purchase the veneer of being "peacemakers."
3. Exploitation Becomes "Reconstruction"
Plans for luxury hotels on 70% of Gaza's coastline, "voluntary relocation" of 2.3 million people in exchange for $5,000 and digital tokens, AI-powered "smart cities" - this is disaster capitalism, not humanitarian aid.
4. Criminal Partnerships Override Law
Netanyahu has ICC arrest warrants. Trump sanctioned ICC judges to protect him. Now Netanyahu joins Trump's board. The message: international law is for countries without the money or power to ignore it.
The Five Laws They're Breaking or Undermining
- Geneva Conventions: Forced displacement of civilian populations is a war crime
- ICC Rome Statute: War crimes including starvation as warfare (Netanyahu's charges)
- UN Charter: Self-determination rights for Palestinians
- International humanitarian law: Distinction between civilians and combatants (violated by AI systems with 10% error rates)
- Domestic law: Leaking classified documents, obstruction of justice (BibiLeaks), emoluments violations (Trump profiting from foreign payments)
Why Criminals Can't Bring Peace: The Fundamental Contradiction
You cannot build peace on a foundation of deception, bribery, and exploitation. Here's why this Board of "Peace" is doomed to fail - or worse, succeed in ways that make the word "peace" meaningless:
Peace Requires Trust
When the chairman leaked forged documents to prolong war, when the vice-chairman (Netanyahu) faces war crimes charges, when membership costs $1 billion - who can trust this process? Peace negotiations require good faith actors. These are proven bad faith actors.
Peace Requires Justice
The ICC issued arrest warrants. Trump sanctioned the ICC. Netanyahu joins the board. This isn't justice - it's impunity. And impunity doesn't create peace; it creates conditions for future atrocities. As the UN warned after Trump pardoned Blackwater contractors: this "encourages others to commit such crimes in the future."
Peace Requires Addressing Root Causes
The Board of Peace charter doesn't mention Gaza, Palestinians, self-determination, or any actual issues. It's a business deal dressed as diplomacy. You can't solve a 75-year conflict by pretending it's about luxury hotel development.
Peace Requires Stakeholder Voice
Where are Palestinians in this board? They're the population being "voluntarily relocated." But they have no vote, no representation, no seat at the table. Trump decides who joins. Trump approves all decisions. Trump chairs for life. That's not peace - that's occupation with a rebrand.
The Endgame: A Trump Dynasty Replacing International Law
The most chilling aspect of the Board of Peace isn't what it does to Gaza - it's what it represents for the future of global governance.
Trump chairs for life. He alone designates his successor. The charter allows expansion to "other conflict zones around the world." This isn't a Gaza reconstruction board - it's a parallel United Nations controlled by the Trump family.
Countries with money can buy influence. Countries with authoritarian leaders (Hungary, Russia, Belarus considering it) see a model for avoiding accountability. War criminals can purchase legitimacy by paying $1 billion.
And every time it "works" - every time a country joins, every hotel that gets built, every Palestinian who accepts the $5,000 buyout - it establishes precedent that this is how "peace" happens now. Not through international law, not through multilateral cooperation, not through addressing justice - but through transactional deals where those with power and money decide the fate of those without.
What Happens When "Peace" Means Impunity
Language matters. When we call this a "Board of Peace," when we describe forced displacement as "voluntary relocation," when we frame luxury hotel development over mass graves as "reconstruction" - we're allowing the corruption of language itself.
George Orwell warned about this: "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
The BibiLeaks scandal shows Netanyahu used forged documents to make continued killing appear necessary. The Board of Peace uses the word "peace" to make profiteering from genocide appear humanitarian. Both are corruptions of language in service of power.
Real peace would require:
- Accountability for war crimes (not ICC sanctions)
- Palestinian self-determination (not $5,000 buyouts)
- Justice for victims (not luxury hotels on their graves)
- Transparency (not billion-dollar secret memberships)
- International law (not Trump family dynasty control)
The Choice Ahead
The international community faces a stark choice:
Option 1: Legitimize the Board of Peace by joining, paying, or staying silent. Accept that "peace" now means war criminals with money deciding the fate of displaced populations. Watch as this model spreads to other conflicts - Sudan, Ukraine, Yemen - wherever there's money to be made from suffering.
Option 2: Reject it entirely. Follow France and Canada's lead. Refuse to participate. Continue pursuing ICC cases despite US sanctions. Support Palestinian voices. Enforce existing international law rather than accepting Trump's parallel system.
There's no middle ground here. You cannot be partially complicit in replacing humanitarian law with transactional corruption. You cannot be a little bit okay with chairman-for-life governance. You cannot sort-of accept that war criminals purchase legitimacy with billion-dollar memberships.
The Bottom Line
- Criminals cannot bring peace. When those who forge documents, commit war crimes, and profit from suffering control the "peace" process, the word becomes meaningless.
- Corruption of language enables corruption of law. Calling this "peace" makes actual peace harder to achieve.
- Precedent matters. If this works, every future conflict will be resolved not through justice but through which criminals can afford the membership fee.
- Humanity hangs in the balance. Either international humanitarian law means something, or it means nothing. There's no in-between when war criminals are making the rules.
Conclusion: Choose Humanity Over Transactions
The BibiLeaks scandal revealed that Netanyahu's government was willing to forge documents to prolong war. The Board of Peace reveals that Trump is willing to sell "peace" to the highest bidder while chairing for life. Together, they show what happens when criminals control the narrative, the process, and the outcome.
This isn't peace. It never was. And until we're willing to call it what it is - a criminal partnership exploiting human suffering for profit and power - we're complicit in the corruption of everything those words are supposed to mean.
Palestinians deserve actual peace: justice, self-determination, and the right to return. The world deserves actual international law, not a Trump dynasty controlling which conflicts get "resolved" based on who can pay.
And humanity deserves better than watching war criminals rebrand as peacemakers while bodies are still being pulled from the rubble they created.