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Sun 17 Mar 2024 8:59 am - Jerusalem Time
Israeli Newspaper: Final amendments to a draft American resolution include an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza
The Hebrew newspaper "Maariv" reported that political sources in Israel published an update on Saturday night to Sunday about the draft US resolution proposed in the Security Council on Gaza.
In its new text, the draft resolution stipulates an “immediate and permanent ceasefire,” and includes a rejection of the expected Israeli military operation in Rafah, as the new draft contains a more stringent text on the issues of ceasefire and Rafah, unlike the previous version, which addressed the dangers of military action in Rafah on the Civilian population only under current circumstances.
The proposed draft resolution has undergone a number of changes and amendments, and is currently in its final form, which can no longer be changed, according to the Israeli political sources that received the update.
The draft resolution is expected to be put to a vote in the UN Security Council in its current version.
According to Maariv, Israeli sources described the new amendments to the final draft resolution prepared by the Americans to be immediately presented for a vote in the Security Council, as a “dangerous deterioration in wording and tone,” for Israel.
The sources confirm that the wording of the American draft resolution does not allow ground military maneuvers by the Israeli army, and express deep concern about the possibility of an Israeli ground operation in Rafah, and confirm that the Israeli army’s maneuver in the Rafah area entails a real danger, the risk of violating international humanitarian law.
The final draft of the American draft resolution indicates that a diplomatic effort will be made to begin implementing an immediate ceasefire agreement, and the Americans will express their support for diplomatic efforts aimed at reaching an immediate and permanent ceasefire as part of the prisoner release deal, according to Maariv.
Maariv says that, according to Israeli estimates, the United States will seek to hold a vote on the resolution as early as this week, with the aim of speeding up the vote in the Security Council as much as possible for fear of proposing another competing resolution that would be of a clearly negative nature for Israel.
Earlier on Saturday, a senior Israeli official said that Washington had begun delaying some military aid and that Israel might lose the war with Hamas in Gaza.
Strategic Communications Coordinator at the US National Security Council, John Kirby, said that any military operation in the city of Rafah without taking into account the safety of civilians would be disastrous.
The head of the Israeli Mossad, David Barnea, is scheduled to travel to Qatar on Monday to resume ceasefire talks in Gaza, according to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
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Israeli Newspaper: Final amendments to a draft American resolution include an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza