The UN Security Council approved this Monday (17) US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, which includes the deployment of international troops.
The resolution was supported by 13 Council countries, with no vote against the proposal. Russia and China abstained from the vote.
The measure authorizes the implementation of the second phase of the US 20-point plan, which includes the creation of an international force to demilitarize the territory and disarm Hamas. The UN resolution is seen as vital to legitimize a transitional governance body and reassure countries considering sending troops to Gaza.
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What does the resolution approved at the UN say?
The text of the resolution says member states can participate in the Trump-led Peace Council, envisioned as a transitional authority that would oversee the reconstruction and economic recovery of Gaza. It also authorizes the international stabilization force, which would guarantee a process of demilitarization of Gaza, including the deactivation of weapons and the destruction of military infrastructure.
Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, said the resolution, which includes Trump’s 20-point plan as an annex, “charts a possible path to Palestinian self-determination… where rockets will give way to olive branches and there is a chance to reach agreement on a political horizon.”
“It dismantles Hamas’s control and ensures that Gaza rises free from the shadow of terror, prosperous and safe,” Waltz told the council before the vote.
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What the Palestinians say
Hamas, in a statement, reiterated that it will not disarm and argued that its fight against Israel is legitimate resistance, potentially pitting the militant group against the international force authorized by the resolution.
“The resolution imposes an international guardianship mechanism over the Gaza Strip, which our people and its factions reject,” Hamas said in its statement, issued after the resolution’s adoption.
The Palestinian Authority issued a statement welcoming the resolution and said it is ready to participate in its implementation. Diplomats said the official’s endorsement of the resolution last week was key to avoiding a Russian veto.
Israel’s position
The resolution proved controversial in Israel because it refers to the future possibility of a state for the Palestinians.
The text of the resolution says that ‘conditions may finally be in place for a credible path to Palestinian self-determination and statehood’ when the Palestinian Authority has undertaken a reform program and the reconstruction of Gaza has advanced.
‘The United States will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to reach agreement on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous coexistence,’ the document says.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under pressure from right-wing members of his government, said on Sunday that Israel continued to oppose a Palestinian state and was committed to demilitarizing Gaza ‘the easy way or the hard way’.
