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It’s 7.45pm in New York and with the UN security council vote finished, we’re going to wrap up our live coverage. Here’s a snapshot of what happened, and you can read our full report here. Thanks for reading.
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The UN security council has voted in favour of a US-drafted resolution bolstering Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a possible path to a future Palestinian state.
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The US envoy to the UN, Mike Waltz, said after the vote that “today’s resolution represents another significant step that will enable Gaza to prosper and an environment that will allow Israel to live in security”.
UN security council endorses Trump’s Gaza plan – video
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The text “endorses” the US president’s peace plan, which authorises the creation of an international stabilisation force (ISF) that would work with Israel and Egypt and newly trained Palestinian police to help secure border areas and demilitarise the Gaza Strip. The text was revised several times as a result of high-stakes negotiations.
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The resolution sets out a possible path to a sovereign Palestinian state. But Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeated his government’s staunch opposition to the state’s creation, raising questions about whether Israel will allow the UN-mandated proposals to be implemented.
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Updated at 20.02 EST
The inclusion of references to an independent Palestine in the US-drafted resolution was the price Washington paid for backing from the Arab and Islamic world, who are expected to provide peacekeepers for the international stabilisation force (ISF).
As Julian Borger and Patrick Wintour also detail in a full report, Donald Trump’s proposals for a lasting peace in Gaza – just endorsed by UN security council – include setting up an ISF as well as a possible path to a sovereign Palestinian state.
The resolution was passed by a vote of 13-0 with abstentions by China and Russia. It charted “a new course in the Middle East for Israelis and Palestinians and all the people of the region alike”, the US envoy to the UN, Mike Waltz, told the council chamber.
Mike Waltz voting in favour of the US-drafted resolution at the UN security council. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters
But on the eve of the UN vote, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated his government’s adamant opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state, raising questions on whether Israel will allow the implementation of the UN-mandated proposals.
The full report is here:
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Updated at 19.27 EST
The “board of peace” that Donald Trump just commented is to be a transitional governing body for Gaza with a mandate running until the end of 2027.
Under the resolution passed by the UN security council, the devastated territory is to reconstructed and placed under the authority of a technocratic Palestinian administration answering ultimately to the board, which Trump is to chair.
However, as Patrick Wintour and Jason Burke have reported, it appears the US held out against a Saudi call for the stabilisation force to be answerable to the UN, as opposed to a Trump-chaired “board of peace”, as outlined under his 20-point peace plan for Gaza.
Saudi sources said it was remarkable that Trump was backing a motion to the UN endorsing the concept of a Palestinian state. The Trump administration has largely ignored the UN or used its veto throughout the Gaza conflict.
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Updated at 19.07 EST
Trump hails ‘historic’ UN vote
Donald Trump has just called the UN vote “a moment of true historic proportion” and said it “will lead to further peace all over the world”.
The US president posted on his Truth Social platform:
Congratulations to the World on the incredible Vote of the United Nations Security Council, just moments ago, acknowledging and endorsing the BOARD OF PEACE, which will be chaired by me, and include the most powerful and respected Leaders throughout the World. 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!
Trump also said that the “members of the board, and many more exciting announcements, will be made in the coming weeks”.
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Updated at 18.46 EST
The resolution passed by the UN security council does mention a possible future Palestinian state, using convoluted language.
Once the Palestinian Authority has carried out requested reforms and the rebuilding of Gaza is under way, “the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood”, the US-drafted text says.
That eventuality, however, has been firmly rejected by Israel. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would fight any attempt to establish a Palestinian state and that Israel’s opposition to it had “not changed one bit”.
The Israeli ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, said before the vote that the resolution would “make sure that Hamas will not pose a threat against Israel any more”.
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Updated at 18.30 EST
Hamas rejects UN plan for international forces in Gaza
Hamas has rejected the UN security council passing the US-drafted resolution endorsing an International Stabilisation Force in Gaza, saying it fails to meet Palestinians’ rights and demands, favours the Israeli occupation, and seeks to impose an international trusteeship on the enclave that Palestinians and resistance factions oppose.
“The resolution imposes an international guardianship mechanism on the Gaza Strip, which our people and their factions reject,” the group said in a lengthy post on Telegram. It goes on:
Assigning the international force with tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favour of the occupation.
Any international force, if established, must be deployed only at the borders to separate forces, monitor the ceasefire, and must be fully under UN supervision.
Earlier on Monday, a Hamas spokesperson indicated to Al Jazeera that the group would reject foreign control of the Gaza Strip.
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After the vote, Mike Waltz thanked the council for “joining us in charting a new course for Israelis, Palestinians and all the people in the region alike”.
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Thirteen nations voted in favour, none voted against, and two countries abstained.
The abstentions were Russia and China.
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Updated at 17.27 EST
UN security council passes US-drafted resolution authorising an international stabilisation force in Gaza
The UN security council has voted to pass the US-drafted resolution regarding the mandate for an International Stabilisation Force in Gaza, one of the key points in Trump’s Gaza plan.
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Updated at 17.14 EST
UN security council meeting under way
The UN security council meeting is under way now.
Mike Waltz, the US ambassador, describes Gaza as “hell on earth” after two years of war, and holds up a copy of the resolution, describing it as “a lifeline”.
The International Stabilisation Force, he says, would be “tasked with securing the area, supporting the demilitarisation of Gaza, dismantling the terrorist infrastructure, removing weapons, and ensuring the safety of Palestinian civilians”.
He asks, if the Arab and Muslim-majority nations accept this resolution, “how could anyone be against it?”
I ask everyone today: are you more righteous in this cause than those who must live with it, and who ultimately will benefit from this plan for peace.
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Updated at 18.04 EST
