A resolution of the Security Council ordered the introduction of an international stabilization force in Gaza that is likely to be ready in two weeks, including the arguments of the Calestinian Civil Proily Force and a timetable for the withdrawal of the Palestinian military.
In a meeting in Istanbul of Muslim countries considering the offering of troops on Monday, the conflicts between the countries that will send the countries that will send the countries that will send the troops. “
Other issues under discussion include a leadership role for the US, a deconflottoment mechanism for Israeli disputes from Gaza should be scheduled, or contingent on the disarmament of Hamas.
Fidan reiterated that Turkey is willing to provide a contingent of troops, something Israel has rejected because of Turkey’s support for Hamas.
The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, as well as representatives of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar. Egypt, often seen as a potential force leader, did not.
Jordan said that while it will not provide troops, it is ready to train a targeted Palestinian police force that will be responsible for dealing with Gaza, but questions remain on the interaction between the two forces, and their respective responsibilities.
Meanwhile, continued violence in Gaza has raised fears for an imminent truce as 115 people were killed and 352 injured on Tuesday. It was the deadliest day in the territory since the cease-fire on 10 October.
At the weekend the German foreign minister, Johann Wadadephul, said: “We have to speed up the time. We have to fill the time in gaza with security for security, for administration.”
Fidan complained that “Israel has repeatedly violated the ceasefire by stopping and preventing the delivery of aid to the required level.” We have now reached a critical stage. “
A western diplomat said he did not notice any resistance to the US leading the stabilization force without boots on the ground. He said: “I don’t think any of the countries will participate if the Americans are burdened with a leadership role because otherwise people will think that the Israelis have no control, frankly.”
Muslim leaders do not want to see their troops in a peace enforcement, as opposed to peace-keeping, role, he said.
It is hoped that the stabilization force will eventually be run separately from the New US Civil Military Center Center which focuses on humanitarian work.
The sources also suggested the candidates to join a new committee of Technoctrats in Palestine to administer the territory elected, and pointed out that they are trusted by the Civic Society of Gaza.
On the disarmament of Hamas the diplomat says there is still a lot of work to be done. “The only Hamas Stipulation is they will not disarm in circumstances where they will be killed by the Israelis.”
The US disagrees with Israel that Hamas is deliberately delaying the return of bodies to Israel, and hopes that some will never be discovered in the Gaza dumps.
Pressure for progress is growing in Arab States worried about a security vacuum. The Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, said: “We must have a timeline for withdrawing from Gaza. Israel cannot continue in Gaza and then expect security to be taken.”
Safadi said it is important to establish a deconflottoment mechanism, adding: “You can’t have the international stabilization force make the Palestinian police.”
He added the Apolitical Commission “Technocratic Commission that must be linked to the Palestinian Authority because it is the way to ensure that Gaza remains part of the occupied Palestinian territory”.
Another diplomat in the west accepted that the failure to improve the lives of Palestinians since the cease-fire is concerned, but denied that there is a US plan to release Israel to release Israel from Gaza. But they added: “Most people don’t give this much chance of success to be honest, but things are better than expected.
“What Gazans want is an international element being in support of a Palestinian government in Gaza, rather than it being taken over by internationals. On the other hand without an international element around security and governance then the Israelis will never treat the thing seriously and therefore Gaza will never get the space and capacity to be rebuilt as people want.”