Moscow (TDI): Russia has sharply criticized the newly adopted UN Security Council resolution on Gaza, saying the US-drafted plan backed by President Donald Trump sidesteps long-standing international positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and leaves out key Palestinian stakeholders.
The resolution passed with 13 votes in favour, while Russia and China abstained. Washington’s document lays out the creation of a “Board of Peace” to administer Gaza, headed by Trump and joined, according to him, by influential global leaders. This body would be authorized to bring in an International Stabilization Force, deployed in coordination with Israel and Egypt, tasked with enforcing security, disarming Hamas and other armed factions, and overseeing the enclave’s demilitarization.
Moscow says the plan notably excludes the Palestinian National Authority from any role in Gaza’s governance or in shaping the Palestinians’ political future. It also contains no obligations for Israel, including commitments not to annex Palestinian land or to pull back its military forces.
The Russian Foreign Ministry argued that both the UN Security Council and the UN Secretariat have effectively been cut out of oversight and accountability, leaving the newly created structures free of traditional UN checks. Moscow also condemned what it described as the rushed and highly pressurised manner in which the draft was pushed forward—without genuine negotiations, without addressing objections raised by other Council members, and under warnings of renewed large-scale fighting in Gaza.
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A Russian counter-draft, which sought to bring the Council back to established international legal positions on a two-state settlement, was circulated but ultimately sidelined.
According to Moscow, Resolution 2803 fails to provide the Security Council with the authority needed to uphold peace and security. It also runs counter, Russia says, to decades of internationally recognised decisions that envision a fully independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, East Jerusalem as its capital, living peacefully alongside Israel.
Russia explained its abstention by citing the position of the Palestinian National Authority, the stance of several Arab and Muslim countries that supported the US draft, and a desire to avoid further violence in Gaza.
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The ministry stressed that the devastating conflict could have been stopped long ago had the United States not repeatedly, six times in the last two years, used its veto to block resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire.
Moscow warned that the new resolution must not become a cover for “reckless experiments” in occupied Palestinian territories, nor serve as a final blow to Palestinians’ legitimate right to statehood or to Israelis’ aspiration for lasting peace and security.
Sohail Majeed
Sohail Majeed is a Special Correspondent at The Diplomatic Insight. He has twelve plus years of experience in journalism & reporting. He covers International Affairs, Diplomacy, UN, Sports, Climate Change, Economy, Technology, and Health.
