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France affirms committment to support Gaza stablisation force
France has reiterated its offer to contribute to an international stabilisation force in Gaza as part of Trump’s ceasefire plan.
“Several states have expressed their readiness to contribute to this stabilisation force, a force that would support the Palestinian security forces, which we are also assisting in redeploying within the Gaza Strip,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pascal Confavreux said at a news briefing.
Confavreux said France, the United Kingdom, and the United States want to present a draft resolution to the UN Security Council in the coming days outlying the forces’ formation.
“We believe this would provide stronger international legal backing and make it possible for other countries to join this international stabilisation force. That is why we continue to emphasise the need for a UN Security Council mandate,” he said.
“It is too early to say what France’s contribution will be. Regarding the possible deployment of troops, I have no information to share with you at this stage,” Confavreux added.
Any multilateral force deployed to Gaza must protect Palestinians
Political analyst Khaled Elgindy says a top concern around any potential “international stabilisation force” in Gaza – as envisioned in phase two of Trump’s plan – is it will be seen as an extension of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian enclave.
Countries considering taking part in the multinational force “don’t want to be seen as taking orders from the Israeli military or the Israeli political leadership”, explained Elgindy, a visiting scholar at Georgetown University in the US.
“That’s why it’s very important to them that they have a very clear mission that is outlined preferably by a Security Council resolution, and a mission that is also in line with international law,” he told Al Jazeera.
“This is a very delicate situation in which Israel is restricting aid, Israel is harming civilians – and this force needs to be in a position to protect Palestinians and uphold international law.”
Which should rule out the countries that have been / still are supporting the genocide.
Like US, UK, Germany and France.
Egypt leading the stabilization force is also highly suspect. Egypt doesn't like Palestinians at all, fortified its border when there was a chance Palestinian refugees would come from Rafah, blocked, harassed and deported the peaceful land aid convoy. Egypt is one of the biggest recipients of US aid ($1.3 to $1.4 Billion in military aid) and Trump praises El-sisi for his military dictator style rule...
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar953fd940
Europe says hold my beer, we pay even more ($8 billion in 2024) mainly to prevent any migrants coming in through Egypt.
This stabilization force is looking a lot like an extension of the US/Israel to put an international spin on the occupation. Nothing neutral about it so far.
