Fatah Considers Trump's Plan For Gaza To Leave Uncertainty
JAKARTA - Member of the Revolutionary Council of the Fatah Movement, Taisir Nasrallah, assessed that Donald Trump's US President's plan to resolve the conflict in the Gaza Strip, as well as the draft US resolution approved by the UN Security Council, still leaves a lot of uncertainty.
He said it happened because the plan did not explicitly contain the formation of two independent countries, Palestinians and Israelis.
On Monday, the UN Security Council passed a resolution in favor of Trump's comprehensive plans to resolve the conflict in Gaza. Thirteen members of the Council supported the resolution, while Russia and China voted abstained.
"This situation remains unclear for us because it does not directly discuss the unification of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, nor the decision to form two countries as stated in Oslo's Agreement," Nasrallah told RIA Novosti as reported by ANTARA from Sputnik-OANA, Thursday, November 20.
He stressed that stability in the Middle East can only be achieved if Israel stops its claim to Palestinian territory, an independent Palestinian state stands with Jerusalem as the capital, and refugees get guaranteed the right to return.
In the US resolution, there is a plan to form a temporary government agency called the Board of Peace which is planned to be led directly by Trump. The resolution also contains the formation of an International Stabilization Forces with an initial mandate of two years.
However, the resolution only regulates the prospect of forming a new Palestinian state that will emerge after the reform of the Palestinian Authority is implemented and the Gaza recovery process begins. In addition, the two-state solution formula is not listed in the text resolution.
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At the end of September, Trump outlined a 20-point plan to end the Gaza conflict. The plan requires Hamas and other Palestinian groups to relinquish their involvement in the Gaza government.
On October 10, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect. Three days later, Trump, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi, Emir Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a declaration of a Gaza ceasefire.