The 2025 U.N. Security Council resolution approves a transitional authority called the "Board of Peace" to oversee postwar Gaza affairs and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state.
November 18, 2025
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Description of governance arrangements proposed by the 2025 resolution for Gaza.
The creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel is widely regarded by many international actors as the only realistic long-term way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
November 16, 2025
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This reflects a broadly expressed international position on durable solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Some Israeli political leaders assert that establishing a Palestinian state would reward or empower Hamas and could result in a Hamas-governed entity on Israel's borders.
November 16, 2025
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This argument is a recurring rationale used by certain Israeli policymakers who oppose Palestinian statehood on security grounds.
Key principles often cited for Gaza reconstruction and governance include preventing any platform for terrorism, avoiding annexation, avoiding occupation, and prohibiting forced population transfers, with the objective of creating conditions for a credible pathway to a Palestinian state.
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Normative principles used to guide post-conflict arrangements and political goals in the Gaza context.
Saudi Arabia has conditioned normalization of diplomatic relations with Israel on Israel taking concrete, irreversible, time-bound steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.
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This reflects a stated Saudi diplomatic demand tied to potential normalization with Israel.