Israel Allows UAE Infrastructure Project in Gaza 'Bubble'
Translated & summarized from Jüdische Allgemeine by baba
Israel has permitted the United Arab Emirates to build infrastructure in a "bubble" near Gaza as part of a pilot project under the Trump peace plan. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel agreed to the UAE's involvement due to their helpfulness, but stressed that foreign armed forces are not allowed into Gaza until Hamas is disarmed. Progress on the project, which includes a Palestinian committee and international force, has been hindered by Israel's refusal to grant them access.
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- Israel permitted the UAE to build infrastructure in a Gaza "bubble" under the Trump peace plan.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu stated the UAE project is allowed because they are helpful to Israel.
- Israel is blocking a Palestinian committee and international force from entering Gaza.
- Access is denied until Hamas is disarmed and Gaza is demilitarized, according to Israeli policy.
- The UAE project includes financing a refugee camp in the Rafah area.
- Nickolay Mladenov urged Israeli officials to grant immediate access to Gaza.
Israel has permitted the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to carry out infrastructure work in a "bubble" near the Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli control. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this at a press conference, noting that Hamas has not yet been disarmed. The plan, part of US President Donald Trump's peace initiative, involves the UAE financing the construction of a refugee camp in the Rafah area as a pilot project.
The initiative also includes a Palestinian technocratic committee and an international stabilization force intended to operate in and manage an area of the Gaza Strip currently under Israeli military control, all in accordance with the Trump plan. However, progress has reportedly stalled because Israel is preventing the committee and the stabilization force from entering Gaza, according to Israeli media reports.
Over the weekend, Nickolay Mladenov, the High Representative of the Peace Council, urged Yoram Halevi, the Israeli Coordinator for the Territories, to grant them immediate access to Gaza. A security source cited by the newspaper Haaretz stated that Israeli policy has not changed and that the political leadership does not intend to allow the committee or the force into Gaza before Hamas is disarmed.
Netanyahu explained that Israel is not currently allowing foreign armed forces into Gaza "until Hamas is disarmed and Gaza is demilitarized." He added that Israel agreed to the "Emirati bubble" because "they are people who help us with many things." Netanyahu also mentioned he had asked the US and the Peace Council to send an international force to demilitarize Gaza, stating, "What will contribute to overthrowing the Hamas regime is the dispatch of a force that disarms it, by force or by consent."
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