The Palestinian Foreign Ministry — which represents the Palestinian Authority government that exercises partial control over the West Bank — said in a statement on Tuesday that it is ready to work with the U.S. on the Gaza peace plan authorized by a United Nations Security Council vote on Monday.
Ambassadors and representatives to the United Nations meet at the U.N. Security Council at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, on Nov. 17, 2025.
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The “state of Palestine welcomes the U.N. resolution on Gaza and affirms its readiness to support implementation and assume its full responsibilities,” the ministry said in a post to X.
The vote, the ministry wrote, affirmed “the establishment of a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance, and the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state.”
The statement urged the immediate implementation of the plan “in a manner that ensures the return of normal life, protects our people in the Gaza Strip, prevents displacement, secures the full withdrawal of the occupying forces, enables reconstruction, halts the undermining of the two-state solution and prevents annexation.”
Despite sustained Israeli opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state or the involvement of the PA in the future governance of Gaza, the ministry said it is ready to cooperate with the U.S., the European Union and regional Arab states to help implement the U.S.-backed resolution authorized on Monday.
The U.S.-led plan for Gaza also says that the PA must undergo significant reforms before it can be considered for any future role in Gaza.
The ministry said the plan should be implemented “in a way that ends the suffering of our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and advances the political path leading to peace, security, and stability between Palestinians and Israelis, based on the two-state solution grounded in international law and international legitimacy.”
“The state of Palestine renewed its affirmation of its readiness to assume its full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip, within the framework of the unity of land, people, and institutions, considering the strip an integral part of the state of Palestine,” it added.
