A Palestinian man walks near UNRWA headquarters (L) along a street amid the rubble of destroyed buildings during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas under the first phase of the Gaza peace plan, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 10 October 2025. MOHAMMED SABER/EPA/Shutterstock

When the UN Security Council approved President Donald Trump’s plan to establish a board of peace overseeing Gaza’s transformation from Hamas terror base to calm Palestinian enclave, it was a diplomatic coup.

In Monday’s nearly unanimous vote — with China and Russia abstaining rather than wielding their veto — global powers, along with both Israel and the Arab world, effectively handed Trump the right to demilitarize and deradicalize the Gaza Strip, while defining Hamas as the threat to peace .

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