{"id":290249,"date":"2025-11-18T03:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/290249\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T03:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:45:09","slug":"un-security-council-votes-to-endorse-donald-trumps-gaza-plan-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/290249\/","title":{"rendered":"UN security council votes to endorse Donald Trump\u2019s Gaza plan | United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UN security council has endorsed proposals put forward by Donald Trump for a lasting peace in Gaza, including the deployment of an international stabilisation force <\/a>and a possible path to a sovereign Palestinian state.<\/p>\n

The resolution, passed by a vote of 13-0 with abstentions by China and Russia, charted \u201ca new course in the Middle East for Israelis and Palestinians and all the people of the region alike\u201d, the US envoy to the UN, Mike Waltz, told the council chamber.<\/p>\n

The inclusion of references to an independent Palestine was the price the US paid for backing from the Arab and Islamic world<\/a>, who are expected to provide peacekeepers for an international stabilisation force (ISF).<\/p>\n

However, on the eve of the UN vote, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu restated his government\u2019s adamant opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state, raising questions on whether Israel will allow the implementation of the UN-mandated proposals.<\/p>\n

After the vote, Hamas<\/a> rejected what it described as as an imposed \u201cinternational guardianship mechanism\u201d and insisted it would not disarm.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the resolution said it should lead to the immediate lifting of remaining curbs on the flow of aid into Gaza<\/a>, the creation of an international stabilisation force which would fill the vacuum left by Israeli military withdrawal, and moves towards reconstruction and a possible \u201cpathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood\u201d.<\/p>\n

The reference to Palestinian statehood was a compromise addition to an initial US draft which did not mention it. However the wording is vague and conditional, promising only that once the Palestinian Authority has reformed itself and the rebuilding of Gaza is under way, \u201cthe conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.\u201d<\/p>\n

The language fell far short of the firm commitment to the building of a Palestinian state alongside Israel sought by Arab and Islamic states, as well as European council members, but in speeches to the chamber after the vote, delegates from those countries said they were prepared to accept the compromise in the interests of extending the current truce and immediate measures to feed and protect the 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transitional arrangements that we embark on today must be implemented in accordance with international law and respecting Palestinian sovereignty and self-determination,\u201d James Kariuki, the UK charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe submitted what we considered essential amendments to ensure balance and integrity in the text. Some of those proposals were taken on board,\u201d the Algerian envoy, Amar Bendjama, said, speaking for the Arab bloc and making clear that it viewed the document as sowing the seeds of Palestinian sovereignty.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlgeria has finally decided to vote in favour of this text, a text that we support its core objective, namely the maintenance of the ceasefire and the creation of conditions enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their immeasurable rights to self-determination and statehood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bendjama drew attention to the annexe to the resolution which he said addressed Palestinian rights. \u201cThis resolution must be read in its entirety. Its annexe is an integral part of it, and all parties must comply with it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt clearly affirms no annexation, no occupation, no forced displacement.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is reported to have reluctantly acquiesced to the wording of the resolution in discussions with Washington, he backtracked after an outraged response from the extreme right wing of his governing coalition. On Sunday, the prime minister said \u201cour opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory has not changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The resolution was a rare example of concerted action by the UN over Gaza, after two years of diplomatic impasse during which at least 71,000 Palestinians have been killed, and which has drawn allegations of genocide by a UN commission of inquiry and human rights groups.<\/p>\n

The price of passing a resolution, with Russia and China abstaining rather than using their veto, was vague language which left many issues uncertain.<\/p>\n

It gives overall oversight authority to a \u201cboard of peace\u201d chaired by Trump, but of uncertain membership. The board has to report to the UN but it is not bound by the wishes of the UN or by the Palestinian Authority. It also calls for the creation of a Palestinian technocratic committee that is supposed to run day-to-day governance of the Gaza Strip and the delivery of services, but it is far from clear who would take part.<\/p>\n

The mandate of the ISF gives it authority to disarm and dismantle armed groups in Gaza like Hamas, but it is far from clear that would-be troop contributors would agree to attempt to confront Hamas. No country has so far committed itself to sending peacekeepers.<\/p>\n

After the vote Hamas reiterated that it would not disarm, potentially pitting the militant group against the international force authorised by the resolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe resolution imposes an international guardianship mechanism on the Gaza Strip, which our people and their factions reject,\u201d Hamas said in its statement.<\/p>\n

The criteria for reform of the Palestinian Authority, the precondition towards moves to a sovereign Palestinian, have been hazy.<\/p>\n

European diplomats said they said it was also urgent that the names of the Palestinian technocratic committee to deliver services was agreed as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Trump celebrated the vote as \u201ca moment of true Historic proportion\u201d in a social media post, adding that \u201cthe members of the Board, and many more exciting announcements, will be made in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UN security council has endorsed proposals put forward by Donald Trump for a lasting peace in Gaza,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-290249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}