No, but they do intend to subsidize any Arab security force inserted into Gaza and, reportedly, will appoint a civilian "director-general" who coordinates the activities of the Arab force with the Israeli government. So, in effect, an occupation overseen by the US.
Oh, well that’s a relief! I feel so much better now!
Israelis are, by a combination of malice or stupidity, creating the continued conditions that weaken their polity & empower the lunatic fringes. I get that because they’ve drunk their own propaganda
It’s the US & Arab states I’m flummoxed by
I think the biggest frustration is that you do need a government to administer the territory and the current government, Hamas, had shown themselves unable to resist using their own civilians as shields, so you need someone to replace them with at least some credibility with the public.
Sure, and the easiest way to do so would be to hold elections in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza since they are, despite attempts by others to insist otherwise, one indivisible territorial unit. A US backed Arab occupation is about as credible as the Israeli occupation.
Ultimately the problem is less so about the mechanism, I basically agree that a transitional security and governing force will be necessary, but unless said transitional force is given an explicitly temporary mandate that leads into a timebound, specified political emancipation, it will fail.
Yeah, ultimately, the lack of a credible potential interim government means either leaving Hamas effectively in place, giving Israel pretty much an out for any agreement, or another group that Gazans are unlikely to respect.
Do you think an Arab/US occupation would be more interested in eventually ceding control than Israel would? I feel like the Arab states have fewer reasons to want to hold onto the land indefinitely, but maybe I’m being naive.
The Arab states that the US are courting continue to insist that they'll only do this for the West if the Israelis concede to Palestinian statehood across the whole of the occupied territories including East Jerusalem. My fear is that the US will coerce them into abandoning this condition.
