The White House has announced the first members of its Gaza Board of Peace, and the list of names will do little to dispel the criticism from some quarters that the US president's plan resembles, at its heart, a colonial solution imposed over the heads of the Palestinians.
There are still several unknowns - namely who else might be added, and the exact structure of what is currently a rather complicated layout.
So far, no Palestinian names are included on the two separate senior boards that have been officially unveiled.
One is a founding Executive Board, with a high-level focus on investment and diplomacy. The other, called the Gaza Executive Board, is responsible for overseeing all on-the-ground work of yet another administrative group, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG).
That committee is made up of supposedly technocratic, apolitical Palestinians, led by Dr Ali Shaath, a civil engineer by training who's held ministerial positions in the Palestinian Authority.
But of the seven members of the founding Executive Board, six are Americans - including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other members of Trump's inner circle like his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff, who is US Special Envoy to the Middle East, but also a friend of the president and a fellow real estate developer.
Ajay Banga, president of the World Bank, is something of an exception as an Indian-born US citizen. Sir Tony Blair, meanwhile, is a former UK Prime Minister, and his inclusion is likely to further fuel concerns about how the Board of Peace will operate.
Over the past few weeks, criticism of Sir Tony's possible inclusion has come from figures like prominent politician Mustafa Barghouti and reports quoting unnamed officials from Arab states in the region.
Sir Tony's central role in the Iraq war, coupled with Britain's own colonial history in the Middle East, is deemed by his opponents to make him entirely unsuitable.
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, wrote on social media last year: Tony Blair? Hell no. Hands off Palestine. Even Trump seemed to acknowledge the issue.
I've always liked Tony, but I want to find out that he's an acceptable choice to everybody, the president said last October.
There is significant overlap between the two senior boards, with Kushner, Witkoff, and Sir Tony appearing on both. But the Gaza Executive Board does include senior political figures and diplomats from Turkey, Qatar, and the UAE, headed by Nickolay Mladenov, the former Bulgarian politician given the title of High Representative for Gaza.
Yakir Gabay, a businessman born in Israel and now based in Cyprus is the only Israeli member.
The White House stated those chosen will work to ensure effective governance and the delivery of best-in-class services that advance peace, stability, and prosperity for the people of Gaza. Whatever the concerns and complexities, the plan remains the only game in town, with many world leaders pledging their support and commitment to helping make it a success.
Its architecture is complicated by the fact that sitting above all the structures announced so far will be the Board of Peace itself, with President Trump as the chairman. Names of this supreme body have not yet been announced, but the current UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egypt's Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and Canadian leader Mark Carney have reportedly been invited.
Ultimately, whether the most vocal critics can be assuaged will depend on how quickly the new members of the senior teams can begin to drive change that makes a real difference in daily life for Palestinians and crucially, further concrete steps towards a lasting peace.
Major challenges remain for those goals. The UN estimates around 80% of Gaza's buildings have been destroyed or damaged, and families struggling in winter face severe shortages of food and shelter. Aid groups report improvements but accuse Israel of ongoing restrictions on their work, while Israel contends it's facilitating humanitarian aid.
Significant hurdles exist in rebuilding, which entail not only the removal of around 60 million tonnes of rubble but finding and disposing of dead bodies and unexploded ordnance. Maintaining the fragile ceasefire will remain a formidable challenge.
The White House has also announced Major General Jasper Jeffers as the Commander of the International Stabilization Force (ISF), tasked with ensuring the demilitarization of Gaza. There remains no clear roadmap on how to persuade Hamas to disarm or which countries will provide troops to the force.
Conflict persists over the disarmament of Hamas conditional on wider Palestinian statehood negotiations, especially given Israel's assertion of control over more than half of the Gaza Strip and its withdrawal contingent upon Hamas's disarmament. Resolving this catch-22 dilemma could prove to be the biggest test yet.
