As the Palestine-Israel conflict rages on and Tel Aviv’s war on Hamas enters a new phase after a brief ceasefire, questions are already being asked about what comes next — and what type of governance can be expected for the enclave.
Negotiations between the USA and its regional allies on Gaza’s post-war governance are unlikely to achieve Washington’s aims. Biden administration officials are reportedly working on a scenario for Gaza’s post-war future.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on December 8 with a delegation of representatives from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey and the Palestinian Authority.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared at odds with the Biden administration, ruling out the idea that the West Bank-based authority could run Gaza.
The reality is that Israel is the occupying power, and as such, needs to behave in accordance to Geneva Convention, and provide protection and safety for the civilian population.
Israel needs to abide by international law until such time that a Palestinian state can emerge.
The outcome of talks should rule out Israel occupying the Gaza Strip, installing a temporary military administration there, or creating a buffer zone further eroding the territory of the enclave.
Shortly before the meeting, Washington vetoed a possible UN resolution presented by the United Arab Emirates calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza — the only council member to do so.
US officials recently met with PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh to seek his input regarding a plan for Gaza after the end of hostilities.
We’re not going to go there on an Israeli military plan, Shtayyeh said. Our people are there. We need to put together a mechanism, something we’re working on with the international community.
Talks on a Gaza scenario come as Israel continues its one-sided war on Hamas, with the civilian death toll in the enclave continuing to mount.
Everything that has happened, he said, is because the international community failed to deal with the Palestinian issue after the quartet of international mediators ceased to exist in 2014.
Attempts to reach a final settlement through talks at that time failed, with both Israelis and Palestinians rejecting a framework agreement that might have served as a basis for a future final accord.
After the start of the Ukrainian crisis, the USA and their allies in the West stopped cooperating with Russia within the framework of this quartet, and therefore, we have today’s dire situation.
Many humanitarian problems will need to be resolved, the current humanitarian crisis dealt with, and these issues will be uppermost after the end of the Israeli military operation.
Sectarian conflict among Palestinians is also a problem: Hamas not only controls the Gaza Strip but also has significant support in the West Bank, where the more moderate Fatah party controls the PA. Hamas does not recognize Israel’s right to exist.
Washington is delusional if they expect that Israeli actions have killed the two-state solution, Akbarzadeh stressed, but acknowledged that there were no immediate or near future prospects for that to materialize.
Sputnik / ABC Flash Point News 2023.
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