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Palestinian Authority welcomes UN resolution on Gaza
The Palestinian Authority has hailed the passage of the US resolution on Gaza.
In a statement carried by the Wafa news agency, the PA said the US plan “affirms the establishment of a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance and the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state”.
The PA, which is based in Ramallah, also expressed its “full readiness to cooperate” with the Trump administration and the UN to “ensure the implementation of this resolution in a way that ends the suffering of our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem”.
This comes after Hamas, which controls Gaza, slammed the US resolution.
In a statement earlier, Hamas said the resolution does not meet Palestinian demands and assigning an international force to disarm resistance groups in Gaza “strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favour of the occupation”.
Why disarming Hamas will be difficult to implement
Israel and the US are now dictating their terms, and Hamas and various Arab partners are at the receiving end of this diktat.
Within this context of power, hegemony, the US will be dictating the nature of the Board of Peace and the stabilisation force. And that means there will be countries friendly to Israel and the US. And that means their job is not just going to be to keep the peace on the borders but also find a way to disarm Hamas.
I think that’s going to be the complicated job because that also involves Israel acting on its own commitments, which means withdrawing to a narrow corridor on the eastern part of Gaza and so on.
All of this will be very difficult to implement.
The US will be involved but only from the outside. The US doesn’t want to get involved in terms of troops or money. But those countries who are going to contribute soldiers and money, they are going to need guarantees – in terms of a safe passage forward in relation to Hamas.
This is really important.
No Arab or Muslim-majority country wants to be put in a position, even under pressure, of doing Israel’s bidding in Gaza or doing Israel’s dirty work because Israel failed. After two years of genocide, of killing tens of thousands of people, it failed to disarm Hamas directly on the battlefield.
What did other UNSC members say?
- The United Kingdom said it voted for the resolution to advance the US peace plan for Palestinians and Israelis and stressed the urgent need to deploy the International Stabilization Force, open all crossings and enable unhindered aid into Gaza.
- France said it voted yes to “support the ongoing peace efforts” and meet the “most urgent needs of the population”, including the delivery of humanitarian aid and disarmament of Hamas.
- South Korea said it welcomed the Board of Peace, the International Stabilization Force and the full resumption of aid.
- Slovenia said the resolution offers the best chance for the truce to lead to lasting peace and reaffirmed its support for the Palestinian right to self-determination.
- Denmark, too, called the plan the “best chance for lasting peace”, enabling Palestinians to shape their future and reunite Gaza with the occupied West Bank under a reformed Palestinian Authority.
