Overview
- The U.S. circulated a draft Security Council resolution authorizing a two-year Board of Peace and a temporary International Stabilization Force empowered to “use all necessary measures” to protect civilians, secure borders and enforce demilitarisation.
- The proposal tasks the Board of Peace with overseeing reconstruction and a technocratic Palestinian committee for day-to-day governance, with funding channeled through donors and a World Bank-facilitated trust fund.
- Talks opened Thursday at the UN, with adoption requiring at least nine votes and no veto by the five permanent members; U.S. officials say they aim for a vote in weeks, not months.
- The ISF is shaping up at roughly 20,000 troops from partner countries such as Egypt, Qatar, the UAE, Turkey, Indonesia and Azerbaijan, while the U.S. rules out deploying combat forces and envisions coordination with Israel, Egypt and a vetted Palestinian police.
- Hamas signals opposition to any foreign force substituting for Israeli troops and has not agreed to disarm, Israel rejects a Turkish military role, and the fragile ceasefire and unresolved hostage remains add pressure to the negotiations.