Petition to the Government of Singapore

 

We, the undersigned, firmly oppose any move for Singapore to participate in, endorse, fund, or lend legitimacy to a proposed international “peace board” or reconstruction body reportedly linked to the current U.S. President Donald Trump—particularly one positioned as responsible for the rebuilding of Gaza.

1. Reconstruction Without Accountability Is Not Peace

Gaza’s destruction did not occur in a vacuum. It followed a prolonged military campaign in which Israel relied heavily on weapons, funding, and political cover supplied by the United States.

To now promote a foreign-led “peace” or reconstruction board—without addressing the role of those same actors in enabling the destruction—amounts to recycling devastation into another political and financial project.

Rebuilding what was destroyed by supplied weapons, without accountability, is not peacebuilding.

It is moral laundering.

2. Creating Damage, Then Monetising the Repair

There is a deep ethical contradiction in:supplying or enabling the means of destruction, and
subsequently positioning oneself as a broker of reconstruction, leadership, and funding.

Such arrangements risk turning human suffering into: geopolitical leverage, political branding,
or commercial opportunity under the banner of “peace”.

Singapore must not legitimise or participate in frameworks that separate destruction from responsibility.

3. Peace Cannot Be Personality-Driven

This initiative appears to be personality-centric rather than institution-centric, lacking: a UN mandate, international legal grounding, or broad multilateral legitimacy.

Singapore’s diplomacy has always rejected spectacle-driven internationalism in favour of credibility and restraint. Aligning with an ad-hoc board associated with a polarising political figure risks undermining that hard-earned reputation.

4.  Reputational Risk to Singapore

Participation would expose Singapore to:  accusations of complicity in whitewashing responsibility,
association with selective humanitarianism, and alignment with power rather than principle.

Singapore’s standing depends on consistency, not convenience.

5.  True Peace Requires Justice, Not New Committees

Peace does not emerge from: new boards, new titles, or post-destruction conferences.

It requires: restraint, accountability, protection of civilians, and adherence to international law.

Without these, reconstruction bodies become symbols of failure, not hope.

Our Clear Demands

We call on the Government of Singapore to:

Publicly reject participation in any foreign-led peace or reconstruction board lacking accountability for Gaza’s destruction
Disclose any invitations, discussions, or approaches related to such initiatives
Affirm that Singapore will not support reconstruction efforts divorced from responsibility and international law

Conclusion

You cannot bomb a place into rubble, then claim moral leadership by rebuilding it.

Singapore should not be drawn into performative peacebuilding that asks the world to forget how the destruction occurred.

We urge the Government to stay principled, independent, and clear-eyed—and to say no.