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U.N. Security Council to Vote Today on U.S. Proposal to Establish International Stabilization Force in Gaza

HeadlineNov 17, 2025

This comes as the U.N. Security Council is set to vote today on a U.S. proposal to establish an International Stabilization Force to enforce the Gaza ceasefire. The U.S.-drafted resolution also mentions the possibility of a future Palestinian state. But on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outright rejected any path for Palestinian statehood.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “Our opposition to a Palestinian state in any territory west of the Jordan River, this opposition exists, is valid and has not changed one bit. I have been rebuffing these attempts for decades, and I am doing it both against pressure from outside and against pressure from within. So I do not need affirmations, tweets or lectures from anyone.”

Meanwhile, new details are emerging about a shadowy organization called Al-Majd Europe that’s been taking Palestinians in Gaza to South Africa. The organization reportedly has ties to Israel. Last week, a chartered plane carrying 153 Palestinians landed in Johannesburg. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said, “It does seem like they were being flushed out” of Gaza.

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