DaysofPal– Palestinian factions have overwhelmingly rejected a recent U.S.-backed UN Security Council resolution on Gaza, warning that it imposes an international trusteeship on the Strip and risks enabling the continuation of the ongoing Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people.
The resolution, which passed with 13 votes in favor while Russia and China abstained, calls for establishing a so-called “Peace Council” and deploying a temporary international stabilization force under unified command.
This force would participate in disarming Gaza and oversee reconstruction efforts, a framework Palestinian groups say overrides national sovereignty and legal rights.
In statements issued across Gaza and the West Bank, factions argued that the resolution seeks to install an external administration that reshapes the political and security landscape in line with foreign interests.
They warned that the proposed international force could become a de facto security authority, deepen the separation between Gaza and the West Bank, and place reconstruction and humanitarian aid under the control of the occupying power.
The move, they said, also threatens the historic mandate of UNRWA and ignores ongoing Israeli crimes in the West Bank and Jerusalem, including settlement expansion and organized settler violence.
Hamas described the resolution as one that “fails to meet the political and humanitarian needs of our people,” arguing that it grants the Israeli occupation political victories it failed to secure through two years of military assault.
The Movement emphasized that resistance is a right guaranteed under international law and that any discussion about disarmament is solely a national matter tied to ending the occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state.
Islamic Jihad similarly rejected the resolution, calling it an attempt to separate Gaza from the rest of the occupied territories and empower a foreign force with powers that undermine the Palestinian right to resist, warning that any such force would ultimately serve the Israeli agenda.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said the plan functions as a cover for the Israeli occupation to resume its military campaign “through new means,” while the Mujahideen Movement asserted that the resolution advances strategic goals the Israeli occupation failed to achieve on the battlefield.
The Palestine Scholars Association condemned the resolution as “unjust and oppressive,” arguing that it reduces genocide to an administrative matter and seeks to legitimize a multinational trusteeship that infringes on Palestinian sovereignty. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine warned against U.S. efforts to label the Palestinian resistance as terrorism, stressing that the resolution fails to affirm the right to an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital.
Collectively, the factions warned that any international arrangement that does not ensure a complete end to the war, full Israeli withdrawal, and a clear reconstruction framework “will not be binding on the Palestinian people.”
They cautioned that the resolution may become a political cover to extend the conflict through new mechanisms.
The groups reaffirmed that Palestinians will not relinquish their inalienable rights, including the right of return, self-determination, and the end of occupation, asserting that the people “will not surrender to efforts aimed at erasing their cause or stripping them of their legitimate rights.”
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation, supported by the United States and several European states, has waged a large-scale military campaign on Gaza, resulting in more than 239,000 Palestinians killed or injured, over 11,000 missing, mass displacement, and catastrophic destruction across the Strip.
Palestinian factions called on international mediators to act swiftly to prevent the resolution from being used to justify continued aggression, insisting that any international force must operate strictly under UN mandate and be limited to protecting civilians and separating forces, without infringing on Palestinian sovereignty or their right to resist occupation.
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