Overview
- The latest US-drafted resolution would authorize an International Stabilization Force in Gaza through 2027 and establish a transitional Board of Peace, while referencing a potential route to Palestinian self-determination after Palestinian Authority reforms and reconstruction progress.
- Israeli officials are pressing Washington to strip or narrow the statehood language, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet that Israel’s opposition to a Palestinian state "has not changed one bit."
- Russia circulated a rival text that avoids immediately authorizing any force and pushes stronger two-state language, with diplomats expecting possible Russian and Chinese abstentions rather than vetoes.
- The US publicized backing from Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Pakistan, who urged swift adoption of the resolution ahead of Monday’s vote.
- Israeli media report the US has struggled to recruit countries for disarmament duties and may reconsider the force’s design, while Hamas criticized the draft as imposing external guardianship and undermining Palestinian self-rule.