While it remains unclear when the fighting in Gaza will end, the US has been engaging regional partners to discuss how the situation might look the “day after” the war.
Washington has offered to pay for a “peacekeeping force” that would not include US soldiers and could be led by Palestinians, four official sources, including two from the Pentagon, told Politico.
- Asked for comment, a senior administration official said “we are working with partners on various scenarios for interim governance and security structures in Gaza once the crisis recedes,” declining to detail specifics.
- “We’ve had a number of conversations with both the Israelis and our partners about key elements for the day after in Gaza when the time is right.”
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Pentagon offers to fund ‘peacekeeping force’ in Gaza
– Politico
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– Politico
Israel is reportedly standing in the way of discussions on post-war planning in the Palestinian enclave
The US has offered funding to partners in the Middle East for a peacekeeping force in Gaza, which would police the Palestinian enclave after the hostilities with Israel are over, Politico reported on Thursday.
- Gaza has been left devastated after five months of Israeli bombardment and siege, and according to aid groups is on the brink of famine.
- West Jerusalem is seeking to obliterate Palestinian armed group Hamas, which staged an incursion from the enclave into southern Israel in October, killing around 1,200 people and capturing scores of hostages.
- Over 32,600 people have been killed in Gaza since, according to Palestinian health officials.
While it remains unclear when the fighting in Gaza will end, the US has been engaging regional partners to discuss how the situation might look the “day after” the war. Washington has offered to pay for a “peacekeeping force” that would not include US soldiers and could be led by Palestinians, four official sources, including two from the Pentagon, told Politico.
Arab nations want a clear commitment to a Palestinian state as part of the resolution, the outlet noted.
It added that Israel is “reluctant to have these conversations” until it defeats Hamas – a goal that skeptics say may be impossible to achieve. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed not to allow the creation of a Palestinian state.
It added that Israel is “reluctant to have these conversations” until it defeats Hamas – a goal that skeptics say may be impossible to achieve. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed not to allow the creation of a Palestinian state.
“Israel is the long pole in the tent,” an anonymous military official told Politico. “It would be one thing if the [US] administration and the Israeli government were aligned on the way ahead, but that is just not the case.”
- The rift between Washington and the Jewish state has become increasingly evident.
- Earlier this week, the US allowed a resolution urging for an immediate ceasefire to pass at the UN Security Council.
- Washington abstained in the vote, unlike during numerous previous attempts, when it vetoed proposed documents with the same wording.
Earlier in March, US Senate leader Chuck Schumer said in the chamber that Netanyahu “has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel.” The remark was rebuked by Israel and the Republican Congressional leadership, although President Joe Biden said his key ally had delivered “a good speech.”
DOD in early talks to fund a peacekeeping force in Gaza
“Even though we have had conversations on the margins with regional partners about what they’d be willing to do, contribute, accept, that has not received serious consideration from our Israeli partner,” the official said.
". . .The talks include the White House, Pentagon, State Department and their foreign counterparts about what a potential day-after security force would look like, the four officials confirmed. The discussions indicate such forces remain serious and viable options for what follows Israel’s retaliation against Hamas.- Israel “is not looking to signal an end because they have not achieved the aims they are pursuing” yet in Gaza, the official added.
- The “what comes after” talks also include the possibility of a two-state solution, the official added.
- Under initial plans being drawn up, DOD would provide funding for some type of security force that would not include U.S. troops on the ground in Gaza, according to the two DOD officials.
- One of the officials added that aid could be used for reconstruction, infrastructure, humanitarian assistance and other needs.
- The enclave is in rubble, and the vast majority of its 2.2 million people are displaced with strained access to food, water and medicine.
- American assistance would supplement contributions from other countries, per the two U.S. officials.
- As for a potential Palestinian-led peacekeeping team, it’s still unclear who would train and equip its members, which could include some of the nearly 20,000 security personnel backed by the Palestinian Authority since Hamas took control of the enclave in the mid-2000s
- Spokespeople for DOD and the Israeli government didn’t immediately return requests for comment.
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