A Palestinian moves his belongings as the first winter rains hit a refugee camp in Gaza, Nov. 14, 2025. (Credit: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
On Friday, the United States stepped up efforts to convince members of the necessity of adopting its draft resolution endorsing Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, which is set to be voted on by the UN Security Council on Monday.
Last week, the Americans officially began negotiations within the Council on a draft text that “endorses” the U.S. president’s plan, which enabled the establishment on Oct. 10 of a fragile cease-fire in the Palestinian territory, devastated by two years of war following a bloody attack by Hamas. The text notably authorizes the deployment of an “International Stabilization Force” (ISF).
Facing reservations from some members and a competing draft proposed by Russia, the U.S. on Friday warned of the risks of rejection of its text and highlighted the support of several Arab and Muslim countries.
“The United States, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan and Turkey jointly express their support” for the American draft resolution, which authorizes, among other things, an international force in the Palestinian territory, and hope for its “rapid” adoption, according to a joint statement.
The plan offers “a viable path to peace and stability, not only for Israelis and Palestinians, but for the entire region,” the supporting countries emphasized. The United Kingdom also publicly backed the U.S. text on Friday. According to several diplomatic sources cited by AFP, the Security Council is scheduled to vote on the resolution Monday at 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. GMT).
The U.S. draft resolution, which has been amended multiple times, proposes to give a mandate until the end of December 2027 to a “peace committee” to be chaired by Donald Trump — a transitional governance body to administer Gaza. It also “authorizes” the deployment of the ISF, which may use “all necessary measures to carry out its mandate in accordance with international law”: supporting border security in cooperation with Israel and Egypt, demilitarizing Gaza, disarming “non-state armed groups,” protecting civilians, and training a Palestinian police force.
‘Perpetual conflict’
The decision to schedule the vote comes as Russia circulated a competing draft resolution among Council members. The Russian text does not authorize the creation of a “peace committee” nor the immediate deployment of an international force to Gaza, according to the version seen by AFP on Friday. Instead, it simply requests that the UN Secretary-General “identify options for implementing the provisions” of the peace plan and present “options for the deployment of a force” in Gaza “promptly.”
“We want to emphasize that our document does not contradict the American initiative,” Russia’s UN mission said in a statement on Friday.
The “logic” of the Russian text is to allow the Council “to define clear modalities for the deployment of a peacekeeping contingent and establish an administration in Gaza, while ensuring that these modalities are in line” with international standards, the statement added.
While public exchanges of this kind are rare during Security Council negotiations, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz also published an opinion piece in the Washington Post on Friday.
“Any refusal to support this resolution [the U.S. text] is a vote in favor of the continued reign of Hamas terrorists or in favor of the resumption of war with Israel, condemning the region and its population to perpetual conflict,” he wrote.
The war was triggered by the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas in Israel, which resulted in 1,221 deaths on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. More than 69,185 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s retaliatory military campaign, mostly civilians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, whose figures are considered reliable by the UN.
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