On Monday November 17, the UN Security Council voted in favour of the US drafted resolution on Gaza. The US is now essentially an occupying power in Gaza.
As Al-Haq said ahead of the vote: “Al-Haq warns that the impending vote on a Resolution based on US demands, concerns the Security Council’s manifest abdication of its responsibility, and the further undermining and rejection of Palestinian self-determination.”
Quds News Network highlighted several serious risks including:
- Gaza could remain under international oversight for years.
- Palestinian resistance could be disarmed.
- The Palestinian Authority could return under external conditions.
- Palestinian statehood could be delayed indefinitely.
The Palestinian resistance factions released a joint statement rejecting the resolution and stating: “The resolution bypasses international frameworks and paves the way for creating arrangements outside the Palestinian national will.
Any international force intended to be deployed in Gaza in the proposed form will turn into a form of guardianship or imposed mandate, undermining the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.”
Read more including other legal, international law, and human rights experts responses.
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