The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has proposed a temporary international mission in the Gaza Strip to restore order and deal with the ongoing humanitarian crisis, at the formal request from the Palestinian government.
The wording of the proposal hints at the eventual recognition of the State of Palestine, Hasan Unal, professor of political science and international relations at Ankara Baskent University, told Sputnik.
The UAE is seeking to reunite Gaza and the West Bank under a single, legitimate Palestinian Authority (PA) while excluding Hamas as a political force, according to Axios.
“This proposal is not feasible on the ground,” Dr Lorenzo Trombetta, Beirut-based scholar and analyst specialising in the Middle East, told Sputnik.
“The recent China-mediated agreement between Fatah and Hamas paved the way to a joint, perhaps, event for future governance in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah.”
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The rival Hamas and Fatah, as well as other 12 Palestinian groups, attended China-brokered talks in Beijing between the 21st and 23rd of July and eventually signed the Beijing Declaration on “ending division and strengthening Palestinian unity” and forming a unity government in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
“The United Arab Emirates initiative that is backed by Israel and the US, unofficially, won’t be accepted very well by local Palestinian leaders, families and clans in Gaza and in the West Bank,” Trombetta stressed.