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November 17, 2025

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