Coalition Urges Indonesia to Withdraw from Board of Peace
The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has urged Indonesia to withdraw its membership from the Board of Peace (BoP). The demand emerged after Israel officially became a member of the organisation.
Israel joined the BoP on 11 February 2026. The organisation is an initiative of United States President Donald Trump. The coalition considers Israel’s participation to further complicate Indonesia’s position in efforts to resolve the Palestine-Israel conflict. “Israel’s entry into the BoP should serve as a signal for Indonesia to withdraw from BoP membership,” said Imparsial Director Ardi Manto Adiputra in a written statement on Monday, 16 February 2026.
According to Ardi, the presence of both Israel and Indonesia in the same forum could potentially be exploited as legitimisation of Israel’s various actions against Palestine. The coalition also highlighted plans to deploy approximately 5,000 to 8,000 TNI troops to Gaza for the International Stability Force (ISF) initiated by the BoP. This move was deemed likely to further complicate the situation on the ground.
Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid stressed that deploying troops under a BoP mandate falls outside the framework of international law, as it lacks authorisation from the UN Security Council as an official peacekeeping force. “This situation actually endangers the TNI troops being deployed, as the ISF would take over social services and security in Gaza from Hamas, which has been in place for 19 years,” he said.
Usman also criticised the troop deployment proposal, which he said did not incorporate input from the Palestinian side and merely presented two difficult options for Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In the coalition’s view, Indonesia’s involvement through the ISF risks drawing the country deeper into the vortex of the Israel-Palestine-Hamas conflict.
Beyond political and security considerations, the coalition highlighted Indonesia’s substantial contributions to the BoP, namely membership fees of Rp16 trillion and the commitment to deploy troops. Centra Initiative Director Al Araf described this situation as highly incongruous with Indonesia’s current economic difficulties.
He also assessed that Indonesia’s closeness to the United States through the BoP could potentially weaken Indonesia’s firmness towards Israel. Al Araf emphasised that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be prosecuted through international criminal law at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“The Civil Society Coalition urges Indonesia to immediately withdraw its membership from the BoP to affirm its neutral position in international relations whilst seeking the most effective strategy to pursue a resolution to the Palestine-Israel conflict,” said Al Araf.
The coalition also called on the international community to respect human rights and the principles of humanitarian law, and to bring Israeli PM Netanyahu before the International Criminal Court (ICC). “As a Member and President of the UN Human Rights Council, the Indonesian Government must reopen the findings of the UN Human Rights Council’s Fact-Finding Team regarding human rights violations in Gaza,” said Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) Executive Director Daniel Awigra.
Daniel said the UN Human Rights Council’s Fact-Finding Team must work based on the report compiled by Richard Joseph Goldstone, known as the Goldstone Report, A/HRC/12/48. This team serves as a form of international accountability regarding Israel’s human rights violations and should follow up on the report in accordance with international human rights mechanisms.
Israel officially joined the Board of Peace when Benjamin Netanyahu signed membership documents before United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. According to TASS, the signing took place before Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump.
On 22 January 2026, representatives from 19 countries signed the Board of Peace, established as part of the peace settlement in the Gaza Strip, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The United States subsequently announced that other countries had joined the organisation. Indonesia was among the nations that joined the Board of Peace.