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Blinken gave details on how Gaza could be governed post-ceasefirepublished at 15:42 Greenwich Mean Time
Tom Bateman
State Department correspondent
Last night, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken echoed Joe Biden’s hopes that a ceasefire deal was imminent. Beyond that, this was a significant speech that contained new details.
He laid out for the first time the plan the administration wants to hand over to President Trump for post-war Gaza. The bottom line here is it didn’t envisage immediate full control of Gaza by the Palestinian Authority (PA) – the entity created by the Oslo Accords that has limited governance in parts of the occupied West Bank.
Critically, Gaza’s security forces would be comprised of personnel from other countries – most likely Arab states although he didn’t name them – alongside “vetted” Palestinian forces.
Likewise civil government meant to replace Hamas – rebuilding, running schools, hospitals, public funds, water etc – would be a mix of some PA, some local leaders, “international partners” and the UN.
This is a long-way from Palestinian self governance but is pitched by the Americans as an “interim” step towards “time-bound” PA control and ultimately a path to a so-called two state solution – an independent Palestinian state.
In reality the plan is a compromise designed to appease the Israeli leadership which opposes full PA control of Gaza, while also bringing in Arab support and trying to prevent long-term Israeli occupation of Gaza on the ground.
But there’s also the reality in this region that the temporarily imposed fix often ends up becoming the permanently entrenched problem.
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