New Delhi: The UN Security Council has adopted a US Resolution detailing the mandate for the Gaza International Stabilisation Force (ISF) outlined in American President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan.

The resolution, which includes references to an independent Palestine, was passed by a vote of 13-0 with China and Russia abstaining. Interestingly, Pakistan voted in favour of the resolution.

This will not be a UN Peacekeeping Force but a peace enforcement force. Show Full Article

The US envoy to the UN, Mike Waltz, told the Council chamber that the passing of the resolution charted “a new course in the Middle East for Israelis and Palestinians and all the people of the region alike”.

The inclusion of references to an independent Palestine is the compromise that Trump had to make for ba

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