U.N. Security Council adopts U.S. decision on Gaza peace plan; Hamas rejects approval of worldwide drive

The U.N. Security Council on Monday (November 17, 2025) voted to undertake a U.S.-drafted decision endorsing U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to finish the conflict in Gaza and authorising a global stabilisation drive for the Palestinian enclave.

Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed final month to the primary section of Mr. Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza — a ceasefire of their two-year conflict and a hostage-release deal — however the U.N. decision is seen as important to legitimising a transitional governance physique and reassuring international locations which might be contemplating sending troops to Gaza.

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The textual content of the decision says member states can participate within the Board of Peace envisioned as a transitional authority that might oversee reconstruction and financial restoration of Gaza. It additionally authorises the worldwide stabilisation drive, which might guarantee a means of demilitarising Gaza, together with by decommissioning weapons and destroying navy infrastructure.

Mr. Trump’s 20-point plan is included as an annex to the decision.

Russia, which holds a veto on the Security Council, earlier signalled potential opposition to the decision however abstained from the vote, permitting the decision to go.

The Palestinian Authority issued an announcement on Friday (November 14, 2025) backing the U.S.-drafted decision.

The decision has proved controversial in Israel as a result of it references a future risk of statehood for the Palestinians.

The decision’s textual content says that “circumstances could lastly be in place for a reputable pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood” as soon as the Palestinian Authority has carried out a reform program and Gaza’s redevelopment has superior.

“The United States will set up a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceable and affluent coexistence,” it says.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, beneath strain from right-wing members of his authorities, stated on Sunday (November 16, 2025) that Israel remained against a Palestinian state and pledged to demilitarize Gaza “the straightforward means or the laborious means.”

Hamas rejects decision, says worldwide drive would develop into celebration to battle

Hamas rejected the decision, saying it fails to fulfill Palestinians’ rights and calls for and seeks to impose a global trusteeship on the enclave that Palestinians and resistance factions oppose.

“Assigning the worldwide drive with duties and roles contained in the Gaza Strip, together with disarming the resistance, strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a celebration to the battle in favor of the occupation,” the group added.

Hamas has to date refused to disarm. An umbrella group of Hamas-led Palestinian factions issued an announcement late on Sunday (November 16, 2025) in opposition to the decision, calling it a harmful step towards imposing overseas guardianship over the territory, and stated the proposed decision serves Israeli pursuits.