Published On 14/11/2025
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On Friday, the United States and a number of Arab and Islamic countries called on the UN Security Council to “accelerate” the adoption of a draft American resolution supporting the peace plan drawn up by President Donald Trump regarding stopping the war on the Gaza Strip.
The United States, Qatar, Egypt, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, and Turkey expressed in a statement their “joint support” for the American draft resolution that gives a mandate to form an international stabilization force, among other things, expressing their hope that it will be adopted “quickly.”
Considerations and advice
This announcement came days after Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati announced the presence of observations from several countries on the American project, expressing his hope to reach consensus formulations without prejudice to Palestinian constants, but he did not clarify the nature of those observations.
The Egyptian Minister explained last Tuesday that his country is involved in the ongoing consultations in New York in this regard, and consults with the United States daily, in addition to consultations with all members of the Security Council and with the Arab group through Algeria, a current member of the Council.
Last week, the Americans officially launched negotiations within the UN Security Council, which includes 15 members, on a text that constitutes a follow-up to a ceasefire in the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, and in support of Trump’s plan.
Washington and its partners said in the statement, “We affirm that this is a sincere effort, and that the plan provides a practical path toward peace and stability, not only between Israelis and Palestinians, but for the entire region.”
The draft resolution, which was seen by Agence France-Presse, welcomes the establishment of the “Peace Council,” a transitional governing body for Gaza that Trump will theoretically chair, with its mandate continuing until the end of 2027.
The resolution authorizes member states to form an “interim international stabilization force” that will work with Israel, Egypt and newly trained Palestinian police to help secure border areas and disarm resistance in the Strip.
According to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, “an expanded formulation has taken place regarding Palestinian self-determination, and after the progress of the Gaza reconstruction process, the necessary conditions may be met for a reliable path towards Palestinian self-determination and the establishment of a state.”
The proposal also includes that “the United States conduct a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous coexistence.”
Russian project
The statement came in the wake of Russia’s proposal yesterday, Thursday, of a draft resolution at the United Nations regarding a plan to end the war in Gaza, which it drafted in exchange for an American project that was opposed by Moscow and Beijing.
The Russian mission to the United Nations said in a memorandum seen by Reuters that “its draft resolution was inspired by the American draft resolution.”
“The aim of our draft is to enable the Security Council to develop a balanced, acceptable and unified approach towards achieving a sustainable cessation of hostilities,” the memorandum stated.
The Russian draft requests that the Secretary-General of the United Nations identify options for an international force to achieve stability in Gaza, and does not mention the “Peace Council” that the United States proposed establishing to manage the transitional period in Gaza.
While it appears so far that Council members support the principles of the peace plan, diplomatic sources indicated that there are several questions about the American text, especially with regard to the absence of a monitoring mechanism exercised by the Council, the role of the Palestinian Authority, and the details of the mandate of the Israeli security forces.
The ceasefire agreement stopped the Israeli genocide in Gaza that began on October 8, 2023, and left more than 69,000 Palestinians dead and more than 170,000 injured, most of them children and women, with reconstruction estimated by the United Nations to cost about 70 billion dollars.
But Israel daily violates the agreement, which has been in force since last October 10, resulting in Palestinian deaths and injuries, while the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) adhered to the terms of the agreement and called for Tel Aviv to be obligated to implement them.