U.S. Wants Security Council to Adopt Trump Plan for Gaza

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/world/middleeast/trump-gaza-plan-us-security-council.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k8.uC94.-pVthM2x25DC&smid=url-share

Nov. 7, 2025

"The United States is pressing the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that would enshrine President Trump’s Gaza peace plan in international law with little room for negotiation, according to a senior U.S. official and diplomats involved in or briefed on the talks.

... The stakes for the Palestinians are high. If adopted, the draft Security Council resolution, which was presented to elected members of the council on Wednesday, would effectively turn Mr. Trump’s peace plan into binding international law.

.... A diplomat from Guyana asked Mr. Waltz whether members of the Security Council would know who would sit on the Board of Peace by the time the draft resolution was put to a vote. Mr. Waltz replied that he was uncertain whether the board's makeup would be known by then, but stressed the need to approve the measure anyway to prevent the collapse of the cease-fire.

.... “The Americans want to control everything,” said Akram Atallah, a London-based analyst originally from the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya. “By keeping things vague, they can do what they want in the future.”

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1. The Guardian's view on Gaza's future: the ceasefire brought relief, but the world must not look away now - Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/06/the-guardians-view-on-gazas-future-the-ceasefire-brought-relief-but-the-world-must-not-look-away-now

"The ceasefire agreement was reached by deferring all the difficult questions. But the US is keen to press ahead with a UN security council resolution mandating the establishment of an international stabilisation force. That will require agreement on multiple difficult issues: the force’s mandate and composition – Israel has rejected a role for Turkish troops – and its relationship with a Palestinian civil police force; US military leadership; details of Israeli military withdrawal, and of what happens to Hamas weapons and fighters.

... But though much of what happens in the world is now dictated by the whims of the US president, it would be wrong to see the ceasefire as a random gift from Mr Trump. It reflected the growing international outrage at a genocidal war, led by the public, with governments dragged along behind. Gaza has now slipped back down the agenda. Germany was quick to suggest that it would lift restrictions on arms exports to Israel which it applied only in August.

Israel still resists allowing international journalists to enter Gaza. Public attention must be maintained to sustain Mr Trump’s interest, persuade him to press Israel to comply with the existing agreement, and ensure that further steps do not utterly betray Palestinians. Only sustained pressure can hope to bring anything approaching justice and lasting peace to the region. Palestinians need not only food, but a future."