Ambassador Amar Bendjama, the Arab representative on the council, thanked Trump for his instrumental role in bringing about the ceasefire, but said "genuine peace in the Middle East cannot be achieved without justice, justice for the Palestinian people." The U.S. resolution calls for the stabilization force to ensure "the process of demilitarizing the Gaza Strip" and "the permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups." A big question has been how to disarm Hamas, which said Monday that giving the force a role inside Gaza that includes disarmament "strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favor of the occupation."
Author: The Associated Press
Published at: 2025-11-17 23:10:11
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