Anti-Israel organizations are set to protest against the United Nations Security Council resolution vote endorsing the United States 20-point Gaza plan, alleging that the resolution is an authorization of American occupation of the Palestinian territory.
The UNSC is set to vote on the resolution on Monday night.
The New York City Palestinian Youth Movement is leading a picket of the US mission to the UN on Monday evening, in cooperation with the People’s Forum, Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, and other groups associated with the pro-Palestinian movement.
The UNSC resolution on the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, according to NYC PYM, “would effectively authorize an American occupation of Gaza, with total US-Israel control over governance in Gaza and the Strip’s future.”
“We will take to the streets tomorrow to make it clear that the people of conscience reject any US-Israeli occupation plan of Gaza,” read a Sunday NYC PYM Instagram post.
NYC PYM claimed the resolution is a threat to soviergntly
While the resolution includes a clause for a “pathway to a Palestinian state” after the Palestinian Authority was reformed and Gaza redeveloped, NYC PYM asserted that the effort was a “threat to our people’s sovereignty and our cause, aimed at liquidating Palestinian agency and the struggle for liberation.”
PYM’s Bay Area chapter said in another Sunday social media post that the Board of Peace run by President Donald Trump or other Western officials threatened the Gaza Strip’s sovereignty.
“We call upon people of conscience everywhere to continue the struggle against this resolution and all that it represents,” said Bay Area PYM. “We must not be lulled into a false sense of complacency. The struggle continues for an arms embargo, sanctions, and the full right of return and self determination, from the river to the sea.”
The People’s Forum announced a volunteer meeting a few hours after the protest, planning to discuss the Gaza plan and further activist actions.
“After the action, at the meeting we will dissect the US-Israeli plan that is nothing more than a genocidal scheme furthering the apartheid control of Palestine and deepening the violence against Palestinians,” said The People’s Forum. “Together, we’ll come together to stand against genocide apartheid, and to continue to organize support for freedom and justice in Palestine.”
The UNSC Gaza resolution was endorsed by the US, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, and Turkey.
The US mission warned on Thursday that rejection of the resolution would have “grave, tangible, and entirely avoidable consequences for Palestinians in Gaza.”
“The ceasefire is fragile and we urge the Council to unite and move forward to secure the peace that is desperately needed,” said a US mission spokesperson.
The resolution would establish an International Stabilization Force replacing the IDF as it withdraws from Gaza, though there is dispute about which militaries would contribute to the mission.
Trump’s September 29 plan proposed a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza terrorist organizations, and a release of hostages abducted during the October 7 massacre in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners. The IDF would withdraw from sectors of Gaza in phases, eventually leading to a US-backed transitional government and demilitarization of Hamas.