As the Biden administration intensifies its diplomatic efforts to conclude a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and dispatched its Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, for his eighth mission to Israel on Monday June 10, Washington has done everything in recent days to gain the approval of the international community. On Monday, these efforts seemed to have paid off: the UN Security Council adopted a resolution coordinated by the United States and based on the plan presented by Joe Biden on May 31, providing for an end to hostilities in three phases.
Read also | Live, Israel-Hamas war: Antony Blinken affirms that Benjamin Netanyahu “reaffirmed his commitment” to a ceasefire in Gaza
Add to your selections
The text received 14 votes in favor – Russia abstained. The Council’s decision was immediately welcomed by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, which has yet to formally consent to this plan with the negotiators. If the American president repeatedly repeats that this plan has “already accepted by Israel”, and proposed to Hamas, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, fiercely denies that this text leads to an explicit end to the war, as Mr. Biden indicates, and repeats wanting to continue the war until the destruction of Hamas.
The head of American diplomacy therefore came to defend the conditions of a ceasefire to Mr. Netanyahu and his defense minister, Yoav Gallant. But Israeli political divisions, amplified by Benny Gantz’s recent decision to leave the national unity government, could complicate Washington’s diplomatic efforts.
Read our editorial | Gaza: ending a war without a winner
Add to your selections
After the vote, the Israeli representative to the UN, Reut Shapir Ben Naftaly, for her part reiterated that “the war will end” when the ” goals “ Israeli actions, including the release of the hostages and the ” destruction “ of Hamas, will be ” full “.
” An opportunity “
The resolution urges Israel and Hamas in particular “to fully implement its terms, without delay and without conditions”and outlines the operational outlines of a three-phase plan, the first of which provides for the release of more hostages and a temporary pause in hostilities that will last as long as it takes to negotiate the second phase , aimed at the release of all the hostages, at a “complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza” and to “a permanent end to hostilities”. The third phase calls for reconstruction in Gaza.
It’s a ” opportunity “explained American Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “Israel accepted a comprehensive agreement which is the agreement currently on the table, almost identical to Hamas’ proposals. » Before ensuring that it had been approved by countries in the region, “notably Algeria, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates”as well as by the G7 and the 16 countries whose citizens are detained by Hamas.
You have 44.5% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
