The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote Monday on a resolution to take Gaza beyond the fragile truce that took effect last month to a more sustainable peace and reconstruction.
Its central features are a Board of Peace to run Gaza for a two-year period, supported by international forces and Palestinian police trained by Egypt. The Board would oversee the disarmament of Hamas and other factions – a key Israeli demand - and the reconstruction of Gaza, according to a draft of the resolution seen by CNN.
The resolution builds on US President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan unveiled in September but is already running into opposition from some in the Israeli government and may face a veto by either Russia or China – or both - when it comes to the vote.
Russia has put forward an alternative plan. And a veto from one of the permanent members of the Security Council would leave the plan in limbo, if not virtually dead in the water.
The resolution is also vague on sequencing and detail.
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