Foreign troops in Gaza, US plan for Palestine revealed. Israel opposes Turkey's involvement

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Foreign troops in Gaza, US plan for Palestine revealed. Israel opposes
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Foreign troops and a US-led administration with a mandate of at least two years, from January 2026 to December 2027. This is the American plan for the Gaza Strip.

The United States has presented several members of the UN Security Council with a draft resolution detailing the possible future military and political structure of Gaza. At the top of the pyramid is the Peace Board, an American-led peace council that would effectively function as a government while operating from the outside.

It would have international legal personality and the power to "define the framework and coordinate reconstruction funds until the Palestinian Authority has satisfactorily completed its reform program" that is "acceptable" to the Council.

Under and subordinate to the Peace Board, there would be an administration of Palestinian experts, apolitical but drawn from the Strip, as requested by Hamas and other factions, "who would be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the civil service and administration of Gaza."

The third and essential aspect of the plan is the Gaza Stabilization Force (ISF), which is not only supposed to guard the borders, but also to operate inside the Strip alongside a revitalized Palestinian police force to disarm Hamas and demilitarize the enclave. The Stabilization Force “will cooperate with Israel and Egypt,” along with “newly trained and vetted Palestinian police forces, to help ensure the security of the border areas,” but will also be tasked with “ensuring the process of demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, including the destruction and prevention of the reconstruction of military, terrorist, and offensive infrastructure, as well as the permanent removal of weapons held by non-state armed groups.”

This risks being the biggest point of friction with Arab states, many of which, starting with Jordan, have already made it clear that they have no intention of sending troops to the ground for peace enforcement purposes, that is, to fight against armed militias.

Turkey, which hosted a summit of Arab and Muslim countries on Monday, has offered to send its troops but is demanding a clear date for Israel's withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip.

However, Israel opposes Ankara's involvement. The military, according to the US draft, would have to "protect civilians, including in humanitarian operations, train and provide support to Palestinian-controlled police forces, and coordinate with interested states to secure humanitarian corridors," which would be managed by the United Nations, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent.


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