The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution backing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, with Turkey joining the United States and several Arab and Muslim-majority countries in calling for its swift adoption.
Last week Washington opened negotiations on a text that would follow up on a ceasefire in the two-year conflict between Israel and Hamas and formally endorse Trump’s proposal.
A draft seen by AFP “welcomes the establishment of the Board of Peace,” the transitional governing body for Gaza that Trump would theoretically chair through 2027.
The draft would authorize member states to form a temporary International Stabilization Force to work with Israel, Egypt and newly trained Palestinian police to secure border areas and demilitarize the territory.
Unlike earlier versions, the latest draft mentions a possible future Palestinian state.
In a joint statement on Friday, the United States, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan and Turkey urged the Security Council to back the resolution without delay.
Russia has circulated a rival draft that does not authorize the board of peace or immediate deployment of an international force and does not name Trump.
Moscow’s proposal welcomes “the initiative that led to the ceasefire” and asks the UN secretary-general to study options for a stabilization force in Gaza.
US Ambassador Mike Waltz warned Friday that the ceasefire remained “fragile” and argued that rejecting the resolution would risk a return to fighting.
Diplomatic sources said some council members still had concerns about the US draft, including the lack of a monitoring mechanism, the role of the Palestinian Authority and details of the stabilization force’s mandate.
Russia said its alternative text differed by explicitly recognizing the principle of a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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