Posted on 11/08/2025 12:41:36 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Indonesia, Azerbaijan and Pakistan are the top contenders to supply troops for a future stabilization force in the Gaza Strip, according to a U.S. defense official and a former U.S. defense official granted anonymity to discuss sensitive ongoing discussions.
Negotiations on the makeup of the force are ongoing, and no country has made a firm commitment…
Trump’s 20-point plan for peace in Gaza says the U.S. will work with Arab and other partners to deploy a temporary stabilization force that will train and support vetted Palestinian police forces and will consult with Egypt and Jordan on the effort. The U.S. has said no American troops will be inside Gaza.
The so-called international stabilization force is a crucial component to Trump’s plan to end the war between Hamas and Israel and pave the way for Gaza’s ultimate demilitarization and reconstruction.
At a minimum, standing up such a force is months away. Many diplomats and analysts are skeptical that Trump’s plan will ever move out of its current phase, a ceasefire in exchange for the release of all of the remaining hostages in Israel.
“It’s a two to three month prospect from the day the decision is reached” on who will participate, said Dan Shapiro, who was the top official on the Middle East at the Pentagon during the Biden administration.
The White House and the embassies of Indonesia, Pakistan and Azerbaijan didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
The U.S. has sent 200 troops to Israel to help coordinate the effort to maintain the ceasefire and stabilize the enclave. The troops — under U.S. Central Command — will be stationed at a civil-military coordination center, to be located north of Gaza in Israel. Egyptian, Qatari and Emirati troops are also expected to be located at the coordination center.
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Muslims supervising muslims. What could go wrong. I assume massive shipments of weapons will be smuggled to Hamas.
Arabs wuss out of protecting other arabs from other arabs
Not a chance.
So much political capital, and American interest, wasted on Bibi and the Zionists. Sickening.
Make them all Indonesians. They can connect with the locals and offer them 40 acres and an oxen. All they have to do is move. Plenty of room as well as islands.
Of course. They know themselves very well.
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