GAZA, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)
The UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted on Monday a US-drafted resolution endorsing president Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and authorizing an international stabilization force for the Palestinian enclave.
The Hamas Movement has rejected the resolution, saying it failed to meet Palestinians’ rights and demands and sought to impose an international mandate on the enclave that Palestinians and resistance factions oppose.
The resolution, drafted by the US as part of Trump’s 20-point peace plan, passed in a 13-0 vote on Monday, while Russia and China abstained from the vote.
The text of the resolution says member states can take part in the Trump-chaired board of peace envisioned as a transitional authority that would oversee reconstruction and economic recovery of Gaza. It also authorizes the international stabilization force to demilitarize Gaza.
Notably, the resolution also contains a reference to Palestinian statehood, but it provides no timeline for it.
“After the (Palestinian Authority) reform program is faithfully carried out and Gaza redevelopment has advanced, the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood,” the resolution said.
“The US will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous coexistence,” it added.
After Monday’s vote, Hamas said that giving any stabilization force “tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, strips it of its neutrality and turns it into a party to the conflict.”
“Any international force, if established, must be deployed only at the borders to separate forces, monitor the ceasefire, and must be fully under UN supervision,” Hamas added.
