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On Sunday, Netanyahu said during a government meeting, “Our opposition to a Palestinian state in any territory has not changed. Gaza will be demilitarized, and Hamas will be disarmed, the easy way or the hard way. I do not need affirmations, tweets, or lectures.”<\/p>\n
He continued, that the country\u2019s opposition \u201cto a Palestinian state in any territory west of the Jordan River…is existing, valid, and has not changed one bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israel has long rejected the creation of a Palestinian state while expanding settlements across the territory, which many international community members consider illegally occupied. International pressure for Palestinian statehood has intensified during the Israel-Hamas war, with the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada all formally recognizing a Palestinian state in September. Over 150 nations recognize a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s plan acknowledges the possibility of a Palestinian state in the future, but doesn\u2019t guarantee it. It states that only after reform to the Palestinian Authority and Gaza reconstruction will there be \u201ca credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.\u201d The details on the conditions and who would decide if they have been met are vague.<\/p>\n
Critics say the proposal would give the Trump administration outsized control over Gaza\u2019s political and security future, and doesn’t actually lend way to a Palestinian state. Strong supporters of Israel, meanwhile, argue the plan grants too much authority to a new Gaza governance structure and could weaken Israeli security.<\/p>\n
The proposal also seeks to establish a “Board of Peace” to oversee the plan’s implementation, including the International Stabilization Force (ISF), as well as broad governance.<\/p>\n
What People Are Saying<\/h2>\n
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in an X post in Hebrew Sunday:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cIsrael’s policy is clear: no Palestinian state will be established. The IDF will remain at the peak of Mount Hermon and in the security zone. Gaza will be de-fortified down to the last tunnel and Hamas will be disarmed in the yellow side by the IDF and in the old Gaza by the international force – or by the IDF.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Palestinian Youth Movement, a grassroots movement formed in response to the Oslo Accords, wrote in a Sunday X post:<\/strong>\u00a0“We reject the American and imperialist attempt, through this UNSC resolution, to rehabilitate and further entrench the Zionist project in Palestine and across the Arab World. We call upon people of conscience everywhere to continue the struggle against this resolution and all that it represents.”<\/p>\nU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an X post on November 14<\/strong>: “@POTUS\u2019 historic Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict is the best path to peace in the Middle East. Our UN Security Council Resolution will enable that plan\u00a0and enjoys broad international and regional support. We are grateful\u00a0to Qatar, Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, and T\u00fcrkiye for their endorsement.\u00a0The Middle East has never been this close to a real and lasting peace.”<\/p>\nFrancesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, wrote in a November 12 X post:\u00a0<\/strong>“Talk of drafting a Palestinian constitution sounds premature when the Palestinian people, and their future, risk being erased from what remains of their homeland. States must start by upholding the ICJ\u2019s call to end Israel\u2019s illegal occupation.”<\/p>\nU.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mike Waltz\u00a0wrote in the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0on Friday:<\/strong>\u00a0“Any refusal to back this resolution is a vote either for the continued reign of Hamas terrorists or for the return to war with Israel, condemning the region and its people to perpetual conflict. Every departure from this path, be it by those who wish to play political games or to relitigate the past, will come with a real human cost that can be measured in the number of lives lost.”<\/p>\nThe Crisis Group said in an X post on November 15:<\/strong>\u00a0“After many fruitless debates over Gaza since October 2023, UN Security Council members welcome the idea that they can play a role in ending the war. The draft U.S. resolution has, however, created many concerns.”<\/p>\nCraig Mokhiber, a human rights lawyer and former United Nations human rights official, said in a Saturday X post<\/strong>: “The US is pushing for a vote on the UN Security Council by Monday on the US-Israel colonial land grab in Gaza. The US draft would ignore the findings of the International Court of Justice and UN human rights bodies, violate key provisions of international law, reward and normalize the perpetrators of the genocide, punish the victims, consolidate the unlawful occupation, and further deny Palestinian self-determination. China and Russia (which has introduced an alternative draft) are so far holding firm against the US plot, and UNSC member Algeria is pushing for meaningful revisions. Sadly, several regional collaborators are supporting the US-Israel draft. Among them are non-members Qatar, Egypt, and the UAE, as well as Indonesia, and UNSC member Pakistan. This must be blocked. And the rest of the world must prepare to act in the UNGA on the Colombia proposal under Uniting for Peace to protect Palestinian human rights and hold the Israeli regime accountable.”<\/p>\n
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