Peloni: This debacle in the form of a ceasefire is undoing every advantage Israel gained by the sacrifice in men and treasure expensed in pursuit of this war. Is the objective really to surrender Israel back to the shackles of October 6?? UNWRA personnel participated in October 7, their facilities provided political cover for Hamas weapon stores and launch sites, and their schools weaponized and indoctrinated the Hamas youths towards their eventual, and intended, pursuit of slaughter. Yet, this same organization is to be granted access once again in Gaza??!!
Future of ceasefire remains uncertain as Hamas refuses disarmament
UNRWA school, southern end of Derekh Ha’ophel in Jerusalem. Photo by rusticus80 – Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia
The U.S. has redrafted the wording of a proposed UN Security Council resolution concerning the future of Gaza and will present it to the council members on Tuesday, hoping for a vote by the end of the week, according to Israel Hayom.
The council members will be able to comment and propose changes for 24 hours, before a vote on Friday or coming Monday, the report said.
A previous draft had received a significant amount of criticism. The resolution is intended to demarcate the authority and responsibilities of the International Stabilization Force (ISF), which is supposed to take over security responsibility, and the transitional administrative authority for the Gaza Strip.
According to a report by Reuters, ten countries, including Arab and European states, expressed hesitation and concerns over the first draft and signaled they wouldn’t participate in the ISF if there was a chance of direct confrontation with Hamas.
The resolution is expected to lay out a roadmap for the future of the Gaza ceasefire, which has been stuck in its first phase for around a month, as Hamas still holds the remains of three Israeli hostages and refuses to disarm.
The Gaza Strip is currently split in half, with the IDF holding the areas east of the Yellow Line demarcating the two areas. According to Israel Hayom, the new text conditions the IDF’s further withdrawal on full demilitarization and coordination with the U.S. and Arab states.
The Israeli army will withdraw “in accordance with milestones and timetables jointly determined with the security forces, the guarantor states, and the United States,” and a limited Israeli security presence will remain until the prevention of terrorism’s return is assured, according to the draft.
However, the revised text also includes problematic changes for Israel, which could potentially open the door for the return of UNRWA to the enclave.
The draft doesn’t include the sanctions against international aid organizations that have a history of cooperation with terrorism anymore.
The new text only says that there must be “assurances that such aid will be used solely for peaceful purposes and not diverted to armed groups.”
Regarding the transitional authority, the draft resolution stipulates that it will have to submit a written report every six months about the implementation progress of Gaza’s demilitarization to the Security Council.
Another clause calls for direct coordination between the IDF, the ISF, Arab states, and the U.S., stressing the ISF’s responsibility to prevent the reconstruction of terrorist infrastructure and to ensure the complete disarmament.
However, with the ceasefire still stuck in phase one, 18 different sources told Reuters this week that they fear the Yellow Line could become a permanent de facto border dividing Gaza.
IDF international spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani has said that Israeli efforts to fortify the Yellow Line are meant to prevent Hamas infiltrations, vowing that Israeli troops would withdraw once the terror group disarms.
“Once Hamas fulfills its part of the agreement, we will move forward,” he said.
Speaking to Reuters, six European officials involved in the diplomatic efforts confirmed that the U.S.-backed peace plan is stalled, and U.S. plans for reconstruction efforts are focusing only on the Israeli-controlled side of Gaza.
A 62-year-old Gaza resident told Reuters that many Gazans will want to move to the Israeli side if reconstruction starts only there, which could be one of the goals of the American plan, effectively pressuring Hamas into disarming or losing all its population.
However, the Arab states have signaled opposition to this idea, and are also insisting that the Palestinian Authority be involved in governing Gaza in the future. The Gulf states are reportedly conditioning their financial support for reconstruction, with costs estimated at $70 billion, on this issue.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi emphasized: “Gaza is indivisible; it is part of the occupied Palestinian territories.”
The refusal of any volunteer countries to police the Gaza Strip and disarm Hamas before Hamas is disarmed is a Pandora box or paradox. What they are saying is that they are willing to help when the help is no longer needed. Good show!! On the other hand, they would be happy to be there when Israel needs to retaliate for terror strikes from the strip that they were there to avert.
The refusal of Hamas to disarm makes the previous statement superfluous.
If any resolution is reached at the UNSC or the White House or anywhere else that ignores reality and requires Israeli cooperation, the whole world will be happy to coerce Israel into accepting it whole-heartedly.
I need not ask whose side they are concerned with.
They obviously don’t care about a few thousand dead Israelis and to be 100% clear, they couldn’t care less about the exaggerated number of Gazan women and children they claim were obstinately killed by Israeli bombs that were dropped after repeated warnings to get TF out of the way.
The only apparent course of action left is to completely flatten the Gaza Strip, but none of these lily-hearted “helpers” would be willing to cooperate with any force around, such as Israel, to do the job. As always, it is up to Israel to decide how to deal with the Gaza Strip, with Lebanon, with Iran, with the Houthis and then there is Egypt, Syria and Jordan who so far haven’t gotten their fingers dirtied and refuse to accept any refugees from the Gaza Strip or anywhere else where Israel is involved. All of those hypocrites will be happy to denounce Israel, whatever it does, while generating more resolutions at the UNSC and the ICC and the ICJ and anywhere else they feel they can make a point.
It’s time to circumvent the regulations surrounding the selection of members of the UNSC so that Israel gets a seat there for as long as Israel is being assailed more than any other member in the world! Don’t hold your breath!!!
I just noticed that I forgot to mention Saudi Arabia!!!
And please tell me why Israel would agree to this. UNWRA is Hamas. At every turn, I see Israel facilitating the return and rebuilding of HAMAS. Meshuggana!
The Arabs invent the Palestinians, and then, whenever it suits them — like when Jordan emphasizes “Gaza is indivisible; it is part of the occupied Palestinian territories” — THEY make demands or find reasons to obstruct. This is how the Arab occupation of Gaza and J+S works. The Arabs are allowed to get away with this b.s. because they get hysterical and make threats the moment they get a whiff of anything that accommodates Israel in the least. American Jews might want to remember that when we united to help Soviet Jews, we got results. We could get results for Israel, too, if we united to say that the 22 Arab states will not suffer one bit, if the Palestinian farce were ended and Jewish rights were honored, as they should have been, before the Arab wars against Israel.
“concerns over the first draft and signaled they wouldn’t participate in the ISF if there was a chance of direct confrontation with Hamas.”
IPF – International Pussy Force, what is the point of them.
And allowing UNRWA back in? Only if they report direcdtly to the Security Council and can be stripped of the scum currently running it.