The multinational contingent will have a mandate to oversee the demilitarization of the Palestinian enclave<\/p>\n
The UN Security Council has adopted a US-drafted resolution endorsing a Gaza peace plan and authorizing an \u2018International Stabilization Force\u2019 in the enclave. Russia, along with China, abstained, arguing that the document contains numerous practical caveats and could undermine the concept of the two-state solution.
\nThe 15-member council voted on Monday to approve the US text, which endorses US President Donald Trump\u2019s 20-point plan to end the Gaza War and legitimizes the \u2018Board of Peace\u2019 (BOP), which is designed to operate as a transitional governance body.
\nThe resolution also supports an International Stabilization Force (ISF) to be established under the BOP\u2019s command. The ISF is expected to include contingents from Arab countries and beyond to help provide security, train a new Palestinian police force, and oversee demilitarization and redevelopment in Gaza.<\/p>\n
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US Ambassador Mike Waltz lauded the resolution as \u201canother significant step towards a stable Gaza that will be able to prosper and an environment that will allow Israel to live in security,\u201d adding that the ISF will \u201csupport the demilitarization of Gaza, [and] dismantle terrorist infrastructure.\u201d
\nRussia, which could have vetoed the resolution, ultimately refrained from doing so, though Vassily Nebenzia, Moscow\u2019s ambassador to the UN, criticized the document as \u201cyet another pig in a poke.\u201d
\n\u201cThe Council is giving its blessing to the US initiative relying exclusively on Washington\u2019s honor, we leave the Gaza Strip at the mercy of the Board of Peace and the ISF, whose working methods are still unknown to us,\u201d he said.
\nNebenzia went on to urge UN members to make sure that the document \u201cdoes not become a smokescreen for unbridled experiments by the US and Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory nor turn into a death sentence for the two-state solution.\u201d
\nHe added that Russia set aside its own draft after noting that many Arab states supported the US resolution.
\nHamas, which remains in control in Gaza, denounced the resolution, arguing that the ISF\u2019s mandate to disarm militant groups in the enclave \u201cstrips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favor of the occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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