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Boys in solidarity with Palestinians hold signs as they take part in a protest, outside the US embassy, against Israel and demanding that the Indonesian government cancel the proposed multinational peacekeeping force for Gaza, following President Prabowo Subianto invitation to Washington later this month for the first meeting of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, in Jakarta, February 13, 2026. (Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)
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ndonesia’s participation in the United States-led Board of Peace (BoP) is facing growing domestic opposition, with a recent national survey showing most Indonesians disapprove of joining US President Donald Trump’s initiative and deploying troops amid the escalating US-Israeli war against Iran.
The survey, conducted jointly by three prominent pollsters, Indikator Politik Indonesia (IPI), Lembaga Survei Indonesia (LSI) and Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC), interviewed 1,066 mobile phone users between March 12 and 31 and has a 6 percent margin of error.
Findings released on Thursday show that 50.9 percent of respondents either “disagreed” or “strongly disagreed” with President Prabowo Subianto’s decision in January to join the BoP, a so-called “international peacekeeping” body that includes Israel and is expected to oversee post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction in Gaza.
Only 26.1 percent of respondents expressed support for Indonesia’s participation, while 17.2 percent were indifferent and 5.7 percent did not answer.
Public resistance was also evident toward plans to deploy 8,000 Indonesian troops to Gaza under an International Stabilization Force (ISF) linked to the BoP, with 44.9 percent opposing the plan, compared to 33.8 percent in favor, 16.2 percent indifferent and 5.1 percent declining to respond.
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Calls for Indonesia to withdraw from the Trump-led initiative have persisted since Jakarta joined, driven by concerns over US dominance and the board’s credibility. Opposition has intensified following joint US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran in late February that killed thousands, including Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
