Trump's plan for Gaza backed by UN Security Council

[Twiglets1]

The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US-drafted resolution that endorses US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza.

Included in the plan is the establishment of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), to which, the US says, multiple unnamed countries have offered to contribute.

The resolution was backed by 13 countries - including the UK, France and Somalia - with none voting against the proposal. Russia and China abstained.

Adopting it was an "important step in the consolidation of the ceasefire," a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. Hamas has rejected the resolution, saying it fails to meet Palestinians' rights and demands.

Under the resolution, the ISF will work with Israel and Egypt, along with a newly trained and vetted Palestinian police force, to help secure border areas and ensure the process of permanently disarming non-state armed groups, including Hamas.

Until now, the police there have operated under the authority of Hamas.
Mike Waltz, the US's ambassador to the UN, told the Council that the ISF would be "tasked with securing the area, supporting the demilitarization of Gaza, dismantling the terrorist infrastructure, removing weapons, and ensuring the safety of Palestinian civilians".

The Security Council also approved the creation of a transitional governance body called the Board of Peace (BoP), which would supervise governance of a Palestinian technocratic, apolitical committee and oversee the reconstruction of Gaza and the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Financing for reconstruction of Gaza following two years of war would come from a trust fund backed by the World Bank, according to the resolution.
Under the resolution, both the ISF and the BoP would work alongside a Palestinian committee and police force.

Trump called the Security Council vote "historic" and said it was a way of "acknowledging and endorsing" the BoP, with its final membership to be announced soon. He is expected to chair it.

"This will go down as one of the biggest approvals in the History of the United Nations, will lead to further Peace all over the World, and is a moment of true Historic proportion!" he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rpkgq4wllo

I think you are the one who is derailing.

@Twiglets1 thank you for sharing the information. I think this has a possibility of leading towards a lasting ceasefire after such a terrible war. Great news!

well

I wonder what they mean by a trust fund backed by the world bank.

Yeah this argument about radicalisation always makes me laugh. We are going to spend decades killing people, detaining people, stealing their homes, harassing their children but they would like us if only their education system were different 🙄

The Times of Israel are reporting today that "the European Union wants to train up to 3,000 Palestinian police officers in the Gaza Strip under a program similar to one it already runs in the West Bank".

An EU official stated that "there will be a “need to stabilize Gaza with an important police force” if the current ceasefire endures.

The peace plan authorizes the creation of an international force that would work with Israel and Egypt and newly trained Palestinian police to help secure border areas and demilitarize Gaza.

Keen to reclaim a role in the region, the EU will propose training Palestinian police officers — who are not affiliated with Gaza’s Hamas rulers — as part of efforts to restore long-term security in the territory.

The EU has financed a police training mission in the West Bank since 2006, with a budget of around 13 million euros ($15 million).

EU foreign ministers are due to discuss the training proposal during talks on Thursday in Brussels. The bloc will also host a Palestinian donor conference the same day, bringing together around 60 delegations, including Arab states — but not Israel.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/european-union-official-says-bloc-could-train-3000-police-officers-in-gaza/

Sounds reasonable Twiglets but a lot depends on the selection of the officers and as said any potential links to Hamas or other terrorist organisations. One of the ultimate aims of the force as a law enforcing body would to crack down on internal and external terrorism so therefore the ability and motivation to arrest those who wish to perpetrate acts of harm against Israelis and the governance to be implemented.....maybe a big ask?I

Also to police you need law and judiciary and I suppose there needs to be maybe thoughts on how to appoint law makers and judges. There also needs to be prisons built within Gaza obviously and may be these need to be a priority as h Gaza probably has descended into utter lawlessness.

The police officers themselves may need protection in reality but a least it's a proposal.