Trump Creates Gaza Peace Council To Coordinate Reconstruction And Temporary ISF Until 2027

Washington has “acté le début de la phase deux du plan Trump visant à mettre fin à la guerre à Gaza” after “trois mois de fragile cessez-le-feu,” and the second phase includes the creation of a “Conseil de la paix dirigé par le président américain.” The plan endorsed by UN Security Council resolution 2803 in November is described as providing an “administration transitoire,” with the peace council tasked to “établir le cadre et coordonner le financement de la reconstruction de Gaza” until the Palestinian Authority can “reprendre de manière sûre et efficace le contrôle de Gaza.” The mandate is set “jusqu’au 31 décembre 2027,” and the council is also instructed to “mettre en place une Force internationale de stabilisation (ISF) temporaire à Gaza.” The BFM article says the Force international de stabilisation would help secure Gaza and “former des unités de police palestiniennes,” while its nature and field of action remain “très imprécis.”

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In Jerusalem, High Representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov said he held a “positive and substantive discussion” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the path forward for Gaza. Mladenov wrote that participants “reaffirmed our commitment to the full implementation” of Donald Trump’s “20-point plan,” and he said “This will require decisions to move forward.” The JNS.org account says Tony Blair told the UN Security Council that the Board of Peace had made “substantial progress” and pointed to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) and the International Stabilization Force (ISF) completing a “pre-deployment assessment mission.” Blair also said Hamas, “as presently constituted,” can have “no role in administering Gaza,” adding “Not directly running the government of Gaza. Not indirectly by retaining their weapons and therefore their power,” while the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades denounced calls for disarmament as “extremely dangerous.”

The BFM report links the peace council’s planned work to cooperation with humanitarian organizations, noting that “Début janvier, Israël a interdit à 37 organisations humanitaires internationales majeures l'accès à la bande de Gaza.” It also describes the council’s supervision of a “comité technocratique palestinien de 15 membres,” with Ali Shaath chosen to direct the transitional expert committee, and Shaath saying, “Le dossier du logement est très important après la destruction de 85% des habitations.” The same article says the committee would rely “essentiellement” on the “plan égyptien arabo-islamique,” which it says would not move “les plus de 2 millions de Gazaouis.” In parallel, Caliber.Az says Mladenov is expected to urge Israel to “ease certain restrictions on the entry of humanitarian goods into Gaza” and to “scale back its military operations,” while setting an “11 April deadline” for Hamas to accept the Board of Peace’s proposal to gradually disarm.

“Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has met in Jerusalem with the head of the Board of Peacefor the Gaza Strip, Nikolay Mladenov, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem”

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