A UN Security Council resolution alone is not enough to change the situation on the ground. However, the resolution that passed on Monday, expressing support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza and the establishment of a “Board of Peace” to govern the Strip, and also authorizing countries to establish an International Stabilization Force that will be subordinate to the board, does signify two points of no return: First, Israel will not be able to return to fighting in Gaza without severely damaging its relations with the Trump administration, the only remaining international support for the Netanyahu government. Second, the world does not intend to give up on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and simply let it “take its course.”
