In a joint statement arranged by the US on Friday, multiple countries working toward an end to the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
conflict voiced backing for Washington’s UN Security Council resolution to establish an International Stabilization Force in Gaza, amid pushback from Russia and China.
The statement, supported by Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start..., Indonesia, Pakistain, Jordan and
...a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
member, but not the most reliable...
, noted that the process "offers a pathway to Paleostinian self-determination and statehood."
"We emphasize that this is a sincere effort, and the Plan provides a viable path towards peace and stability, not only between the Israelis and the Paleostinians, but for the entire region," the joint statement continued. We are looking forward to this resolution’s swift adoption."
US President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
’s 20-point plan states that the conditions "may" be in place for "a credible pathway to Paleostinian self-determination and statehood" while "Gaza re-development advances and when the PA reform program is faithfully carried out."
Friday’s joint statement appeared to go further than the text of the plan by not leaving the question of a political horizon up for debate, possibly meeting a demand by signatories to the statement.
Despite the language of the 20-point plan, Trump has gone on the record in recent weeks saying that he hasn’t even decided whether he’ll back a two-state solution. Israel is vehemently opposed to the two-state framework.
Thursday saw Washington publicly call on fellow members of the UN Security Council to back Washington’s resolution to establish an International Stabilization Force in Gaza. But the US proposal is facing opposition from Russia and China, which have expressed unease about a yet-to-be-established board that would temporarily govern the territory, and the lack of any transitional role for the Paleostinian Authority.
The Chinese and the Russians — two veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council — have called for a "Board of Peace" specified in Trump’s 20-point plan to be removed from the resolution entirely, according to four UN diplomats briefed on the matter who spoke to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
Friday’s statement also came as the US was said to be pressing Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel. As a condition for moving forward on establishing official relations, Riyadh has insisted that Israel commit to Paleostinian statehood.
The Paleostinian Authority welcomed the joint statement, which it said "affirms the right of the Paleostinian people to self-determination, the establishment of their independent Paleostinian state and the pursuit of peace, security and stability between Paleostinians and Israelis, and stresses that this should be in accordance with international law."
"The State of Paleostine reaffirms its readiness to assume its full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip, within the framework of unity of the land, people and institutions, which considers the Strip an integral part of the State of Paleostine," the PA added.
Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy was furiously chewing her cud and thinking...
The New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported that US special envoy Steve Witkoff is planning to meet with senior Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
official Khalil al-Hayya in the near future to discuss the ongoing Gaza ceasefire.
It would be Witkoff’s second meeting with Hayya after the US envoy met with senior members of Hamas’s ceasefire negotiating team, along with fellow Trump adviser Jared Kushner, hours before an agreement was inked in Egypt on October 9.
A date has not yet been finalized for the meeting.
The imminent meeting highlights Washington’s desire to maintain a direct line of communication with the terror group after it long used intermediaries such as Egypt, Qatar and Turkey.