The UN Security Council voted in favor of a US-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, which includes deploying an international force and a path to a Palestinian state.
Thirteen members of the Council voted for the text, which US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz described as “historic and constructive.” Russia and China abstained, but neither country used its veto power.
Waltz said, “Today’s resolution is another important step that will enable Gaza to prosper and provide an environment that allows Israel to enjoy security.”
However, Hamas said the resolution “falls short of the political and humanitarian demands and rights of our Palestinian people.”
The movement added, “This resolution separates the Gaza Strip from the rest of the Palestinian territories and attempts to impose new realities that disregard our people’s fundamental principles and legitimate national rights, thus depriving our people of their right to self-determination and the establishment of their Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”
Hamas official Osama Hamdan: “The UN Security Council resolution imposes international guardianship over Gaza and seeks to recreate the occupation, stripping Palestinians of their right to resist. The resolution contains no clear language supporting the establishment of a… pic.twitter.com/S8JvrBF8li
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 18, 2025
The text, which underwent several revisions during negotiations within the Council, endorses the plan that led to the ceasefire on October 10.
The latest version of the text allows for the establishment of an “international stabilization force that will cooperate with the occupying power, Egypt, and the newly trained Palestinian police to help secure border areas and disarm the Gaza Strip.”
The “international stabilization force” will also work to permanently disarm unofficial armed groups, protect civilians, and establish humanitarian corridors.
The resolution also allows for the creation of a “Peace Council,” a transitional governing body for Gaza, theoretically headed by Trump, with its mandate extending until the end of 2027.
The draft states that once the Palestinian Authority implements the required reforms and begins the reconstruction of Gaza, “conditions may finally be in place for a credible path to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.”
For his part, the Algerian representative to the United Nations, Amar Benjamaa, said that amendments had been made to the US draft resolution on Gaza to ensure fairness and balance, noting that “Arab and Islamic countries supported the US draft resolution in its final version.”
The Algerian representative, for his part, stressed the need to respect “the decisions and choices of the Palestinian people and their representatives, and to support the continuation of the ceasefire in Gaza and the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.”
The UN Security Council adopted the US resolution on President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.
In a related context, Russia’s UN representative, Vasily Nebenzya, expressed Moscow’s reservations about the US resolution on Gaza, noting that it does not include reaffirmation of fundamental principles and resolutions, including the two-state solution.
Russia’s representative to the UN:
“Moscow cannot support the Security Council’s draft resolution on Gaza. It does not align with the two-state framework adopted in the New York Declaration, lacks any clear timeline for transferring control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority,… pic.twitter.com/f1SE0qHfvR
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 18, 2025
Nebenzya also pointed to several shortcomings in the resolution, including “the absence in Trump’s plan of any reference to the role of an international force in disarming Hamas, the lack of a timeframe for the Palestinian Authority to extend its control over Gaza, and the lack of clarity regarding a peace council or an international force to stabilize Gaza.”
The Council approved the resolution by a majority of 13 votes out of 15, with two members abstaining, while the occupation forces continue to bomb the Gaza Strip and demolish what remains of its homes, despite the ceasefire agreement reached on the tenth of last month, resulting in hundreds of Palestinian martyrs and wounded, as well as restricting the entry of food and medical supplies.
Source: Agencies (edited and translated by Al-Manar English Website)
