Security Council adopts US resolution on Gaza stabilisation force
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/middleeast/us-gaza-israel-un-vote-intl-latam
The Security Council has just voted in favour of the resolution. The vote tally was as follows: 13 votes in favour, zero against and two abstentions, including Russia.
Ahead of the vote, Waltz warned that “a vote against this resolution is a vote to return to war.” He applauded its passage, saying it “represents another significant step towards a stable Gaza that will be able to prosper, and an environment that will allow Israel to live in security.”
So basically coercion, accept or turn up the genocide again.
US thanks Security Council for adopting its resolution
We just heard from the US ambassador at the UN, Mike Waltz, who thanked the council for siding with his country and voting in favour of the US draft resolution for the deployment of an international force in Gaza.
Presenting an argument on the merits of the US plan earlier, he said:
- The resolution is a “bold and pragmatic” blueprint born from Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza.
- It was the result of diplomatic efforts involving Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia and Turkiye.
- The document authorises the International Stabilization Force – a coalition of peacekeepers, including from Muslim-majority countries, such as Indonesia and Azerbaijan – to deploy under a unified command to secure Gaza, oversee its demilitarisation, protect civilians and escort aid through safe corridors.
- This would happen as Israel phases out its presence and a vetted police force takes a new role.
- There will be a transitional administration with reconstruction financing from a trust fund backed by the World Bank.
- The resolution charts a “possible pathway for Palestinian self-determination” after the Palestinian Authority has completed reforms.
Hamas rejects UN plan for international force in Gaza
“The resolution imposes an international guardianship mechanism on the Gaza Strip, which our people and their factions reject,” the group says in a lengthy statement on Telegram.
This discontent echoed earlier comments by a Hamas spokesperson to Al Jazeera in which the group communicated that it would reject foreign control of the Gaza Strip.
“Assigning the international force with 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 in favor of the [Israeli] occupation,” the statement said.
“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.”
