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US top diplomat addresses media in Israel, says ‘progress being made’ on Gaza peace
Marco Rubio is currently speaking in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on his latest visit to oversee the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire and meet with Israeli officials.
“A lot of good progress is being made on a number of fronts,” he said, referring to Trump’s 20-point peace plan and the holding of the ceasefire itself.
He also said that the US presence in Israel is beginning to scale up, including members of the diplomatic and security services.
Rubio says US personnel in Israel to guarantee ceasefire
The US secretary of state, still speaking to the media from Israel, says that the US’s job going forward is to ensure that there aren’t any “flashpoints” in Gaza – moments of conflict escalation – and to oversee the coordination of the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Rubio also advanced the yet-unformed “international stabilisation force” outlined in Trump’s peace plan, involving “bringing together all the nation states that are offering to provide personnel and resources”, and then getting “the right international mandate” to make sure the force can exist.
The right international mandate meaning Zionist controlled, Turkey has already been blocked from joining the international occupation force.
Rubio says neither Hamas nor UNRWA can be involved in Gaza
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told reporters that Gaza will be demilitarised and Hamas will have no role in governing a future Gaza.
He also echoed an Israeli government line, discredited only days ago by the International Court of Justice, that the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is a “subsidiary of Hamas”.
He also called Israel’s parliamentary vote in favour of annexing the occupied West Bank “a threat to the peace process” in Gaza.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-israel-gaza-ruling-9.6948396
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Wednesday that Israel must allow the United Nations aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the war-torn territory.
