After the war, temporary international governance may be established in the Gaza Strip and the Emirates may even send troops. This plan has been actively debated in recent days in the United States. The main obstacle remains the question of the role of the Palestinian Authority and of Mahmoud Abbas in particular.
This was reported by the Walla news portal.
Israel and the United Arab Emirates began discussing a joint plan for the “day after” in Gaza in July. The Emirates presented their proposal in an article and, the next day, American diplomats met in Abu Dhabi with Israeli Minister Ron Dermer, close to Benjamin Netanyahu, and UAE Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The plan included the deployment of a temporary international team to Gaza to provide humanitarian aid, maintain order and establish administrative infrastructure. The United Arab Emirates has also offered to send its troops to Gaza as part of this international force.
Israel generally supports the plan, but there is disagreement on two key points. Firstly, the Emirates insist that they want to operate on the basis of the principle of “two states for two peoples”. Second, they linked the implementation of the plan to the receipt of an official invitation from the Palestinian Authority after its “significant reforms” and the appointment of a new independent prime minister with a decision-making mandate.
“Some White House and State Department officials fear the plan will sideline Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his government,” the report said.
According to the publication, Israel goes even further and is “willing to consider the possible role of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza only in the long term.”
According to sources, in recent weeks discussions on the Israeli-UAE plan in the United States have begun to develop with renewed vigor. This is because neither the end of the war nor the release of the hostages is expected before the US elections. In this sense, the adoption of the “day after” plan may be “the only positive legacy of the Biden administration in the context of the Middle East crisis.”
Kursor previously wrote that support for the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip has reached a minimum level. Experts believe that this creates favorable conditions for developing plans to restore the region “the day after the war.”
