Indonesia says will withdraw from Board of Peace

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has reassured local Islamic groups ​that he will withdraw from U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ if the platform does ​not benefit Palestinians, a government statement said on Friday. The ​participation of Indonesia, ⁠the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, on the board, and its decision to contribute ​troops for a ‌Gaza stabilisation force, has drawn criticism from experts and Muslim groups at home, who say it compromises ​its long-standing support for the Palestinian cause. Prabowo gathered the groups’ leaders for a meeting on Thursday evening where he reiterated his ‌reasoning ‌behind joining the board, ​according to a statement put out by the government communication office. Prabowo will withdraw from the board if it does not benefit Palestinian and Indonesian interests, the ​statement quoted Hanif Alatas of the Islamic Brotherhood Front as saying. “The president said that if he sees that there is no ​longer any benefit