Palestine continues to suffer endlessly from the actions of the US and Israel. The consequences extend far beyond Palestine, which has endured blatant genocide, affecting the entire Arab region and beyond.
The Trump administration is currently promoting a resolution at the UN Security Council (UNSC) crafted by Israel, designed to block any chance of a State of Palestine. This proposal serves three main purposes: it places Gaza under US political oversight, separates Gaza from the rest of Palestine, and grants the US—and thus Israel—control over the timeline for Israel’s so-called withdrawal from Gaza, effectively ensuring it never occurs.
This initiative is imperialism disguised as a peace effort. While it’s no secret that Israel influences US policy in the Middle East, the alarming part is that this scheme might succeed unless the global community expresses strong opposition immediately.
The proposed UNSC draft would create a US-UK-led Board of Peace, chaired by Donald Trump, vested with broad authority over Gaza’s administration, borders, rebuilding, and security. This plan would marginalize the State of Palestine and leave any transfer of power to the Palestinians dependent on the Board’s permission.
This essentially revives the British Mandate from a century ago, only replacing Britain with the US. If it weren’t so tragic, it would be absurd. As Marx observed, history repeats as tragedy and then farce. The proposal is indeed farcical, but Israel’s genocide is an unmitigated tragedy.
Astonishingly, the draft grants the Board of Peace sovereign powers over Gaza. Palestinian sovereignty would hinge solely on the Board’s judgment of Palestinian “readiness” to self-govern—potentially in another hundred years. Even military authority would be subordinate to the Board, with the proposed forces reporting not to the UNSC or Palestinians but instead to the Board’s “strategic guidance.”
The US and Israel are advancing this resolution because the wider international community, apart from these two, recognizes two key realities. One: Israel is perpetrating genocide, witnessed daily in Gaza and the West Bank, where defenseless Palestinians are killed with approval from the Israel Defense Forces and illegal Israeli settlers. Two: Palestine is a state, though US vetoes in the UNSC continue to block its permanent UN membership. The UN General Assembly’s overwhelming votes for Palestine’s statehood in July and again in September triggered an intense response from the Israel-US Zionist lobby, culminating in this current resolution.
In pursuit of Greater Israel, the US employs classic divide-and-conquer tactics, pressuring Arab and Islamic nations through threats and incentives. Countries resisting US-Israel demands face cutoffs from vital technologies, lose World Bank and IMF funding, and suffer Israeli airstrikes—even if hosting US military bases. The US offers no genuine protection; instead, it operates a protection racket, extracting deals wherever it holds influence. Such exploitation will persist until the international community stands firm for authentic Palestinian sovereignty and demands adherence by the US and Israel to international law.
Palestine continues to be relentlessly victimized by US and Israeli agendas. The devastating effects extend beyond Palestine, which has endured genocide, to the broader Arab world. Currently, Israel and the US are engaged in overt or covert conflicts throughout the Horn of Africa (Libya, Sudan, Somalia), the Eastern Mediterranean (Lebanon, Syria), the Gulf region (Yemen), and Western Asia (Iraq, Iran).
For the UN Security Council to uphold true security consistent with the UN Charter, it must resist US pressure and act decisively within international law. An authentic peace resolution should include four fundamental points: welcoming Palestine as a sovereign UN member by lifting the US veto, protecting the territorial boundaries of Palestine and Israel based on the 1967 lines, establishing a UNSC-authorized protection force comprised of Muslim-majority states, and defunding and disarming all hostile non-state actors while ensuring mutual security for both Israel and Palestine.
The two-state solution represents genuine peace, not the annihilation and ongoing violence against Palestine, or the continuous attacks on Israel by militants. It is time for safety and security for both Palestinians and Israelis, and for the US and Israel to abandon their cruel dream of forever dominating the Palestinian people.
Original article: www.commondreams.org
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