https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220780299

"The U.S. sent several UN Security Council members a draft resolution on Monday for the establishment of an international force in Gaza for a duration of at least two years, according to a copy obtained by Axios.

Why it matters: The draft resolution, which was designated "SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED," would give the U.S. and other participating countries a broad mandate to govern Gaza and provide security through the end of 2027, with the possibility of extensions after that.

The U.S. official stressed that the International Security Force (ISF) will be an "enforcement force and not a peacekeeping force."
The force would involve troops from several participating countries and be established in consultation with the Gaza "Board of Peace," which President Trump has said he will chair...."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1134145286

"The United States is pressing the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that would enshrine President Trump’s Gaza peace plan in international law with little room for negotiation, according to a senior U.S. official and diplomats involved in or briefed on the talks.

... The stakes for the Palestinians are high. If adopted, the draft Security Council resolution, which was presented to elected members of the council on Wednesday, would effectively turn Mr. Trump’s peace plan into binding international law.

.... A diplomat from Guyana asked Mr. Waltz whether members of the Security Council would know who would sit on the Board of Peace by the time the draft resolution was put to a vote. Mr. Waltz replied that he was uncertain whether the board's makeup would be known by then, but stressed the need to approve the measure anyway to prevent the collapse of the cease-fire.

.... “The Americans want to control everything,” said Akram Atallah, a London-based analyst originally from the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya. “By keeping things vague, they can do what they want in the future.”

Full/gift article at link, I'll just add that most comments on this piece by Mike Waltz are not favorable.

https://wapo.st/3LZUk9M

By Mike Waltz
Mike Waltz is the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

"Just weeks ago, in early October, the Middle East was still mired in conflict. Israeli hostages were still held captive by Hamas terrorists, and Palestinians in Gaza suffered as the war raged on. Then President Donald Trump secured a historic peace deal, with the support of Qatar, Egypt and Turkey.

... The Board of Peace will serve as a cornerstone in the effort to rebuild Gaza, acting as a transitional administration led by President Trump.

It is for these reasons that the vote at the U.N. Security Council will not merely decide the fate of the Board of Peace and the ISF. It will determine if the region will continue on the path to a durable peace or if its people will risk being plunged again into conflict and misery.

... The Board of Peace is the only path to a secure Gaza in which Palestinians can determine their own destiny, free from either terrorist rule or occupation. Any refusal to back this resolution is a vote either for the continued reign of Hamas terrorists or for the return to war with Israel, condemning the region and its people to perpetual conflict..."

The UNSC should be abolished. The five nation veto power alone makes it useless and anachronistic. The world is a completely different place form when it ws formed.

Both proposals are trash. Neither the US or Russian proposals are worth taking seriously.

Like they have been dismissed from the conversation, going back a century.

Unless you first come to grips with and solve their problems, there will never be peace.

And the biggest obstacle to that….? Israel.

Maybe appoint Salam Fayyad to head the Board of Peace, and task M. Dahlan with coordinating Gaza security.

The Russian plan can't be taken seriously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Dahlan#:~:text=He%20has%20also%20been%20criticized,at%20well%20over%20%24120%20million.

Must include Palestinian statehood, and what's actually best for the people. Palestine should have a say. Its ridiculous to keep them out of it, and have everybody else deciding their future.

Which are the illegal settlements throughout the West Bank. Unless those are dismantled, there won’t be a Palestinian state, that is actually secure, geographically contiguous and allowed to realistically function. It will continue to be a weird Swiss cheese apartheid state.

I never liked using the term, but when i compared the maps to apartheid South Africa the parallels were shocking. The checkpoints, the constant harassment, the restrictions on movement, the surveillance. And this is not even getting into Gaza, which is just a decimated wasteland now.

In the past the US (well several democratic administrations) at least acted like they cared about the settlements. Maybe dangle a few carrots and strings here and there. Now we have an ambassador that simply refers to it in biblical terms,
Judea and Samaria, just like the Israeli right.