Closing summary
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.
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.
There were 13 votes in favour of the text, with only Russia and China abstaining and no vetoes.
Trump later hailed the vote on social media as “one of the biggest approvals in the history of the United Nations” and said it “will lead to further peace all over the world”.
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”.
Hamas said the resolution did not meet Palestinians’ “political and humanitarian demands and rights”. The militant group is excluded by the resolution from any governance role in Gaza.
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.
It also authorises the formation of a “board of peace”, a transitional governing body for Gaza to be chaired by Trump and with a mandate running until the end of 2027.
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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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.
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.
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