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Indonesia says it has trained 20,000 troops for Gaza peacekeeping force
Times of Israel ^ | 14 Nov 2025 | Reuters, Staff

Posted on 11/14/2025 7:21:35 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Indonesia has trained up to 20,000 troops to take on health and construction-related tasks during a planned peacekeeping operation in the war-torn enclave of Gaza, the defense minister said on Friday.

The world’s most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia is among the countries with which the United States has discussed plans for an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza, which include Azerbaijan, Egypt and Qatar.

Last week, Reuters reported a draft readied by Washington for such a force that would authorize it to “use all necessary measures” to demilitarize Gaza, secure its borders, protect civilians and aid delivery, and support a newly trained Palestinian police force…

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Gaza; Hamas; Qatar
KEYWORDS: azerbaijan; egypt; gaza; hamas; indonesia; middleeast; peacekeeping; qatar
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1 posted on 11/14/2025 7:21:35 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

https://www.usarpac.army.mil/Our-Story/Our-News/Article-Display/Article/3886404/united-states-and-indonesia-kick-off-multinational-super-garuda-shield-2024/


There is much more going on that what a simple headline says.


2 posted on 11/14/2025 7:35:24 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Stepping up to the plate. It’s hard to understand what’s in it for them-altruism?


3 posted on 11/14/2025 7:43:18 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: All

GAZA

MAGA

JAVA

ARMA geddon today


4 posted on 11/14/2025 7:43:28 AM PST by Peter ODonnell (Do not go gentle into that good night; rage, rage against the dying of the light -- Dylan Thomas)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Letting the foxes in to police the chicken coop.


5 posted on 11/14/2025 7:44:02 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

With the exception of Bali, most of Indonesia is Muz.
We got some seriously evil looks in northwest Bali which was very close to Java.


6 posted on 11/14/2025 7:45:05 AM PST by Zathras
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
The country with the largest Muslim population is Indonesia.

Just sayin'

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/muslim-population-by-country


7 posted on 11/14/2025 8:13:55 AM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Stepping up to the plate. It’s hard to understand what’s in it for them-altruism?


It’s not hard at all. Easy money. Lots of it. They won’t lay a finger on Hamas. Guaranteed.


8 posted on 11/14/2025 8:15:42 AM PST by lodi90
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
20 thousand armed Muslims....

Of the two distinctions in Islam -- Dar al Islam and Dar al Harb -- everywhere that Islam does not rule is theologically argued to be and named officially a house of war. This is not a game of geopolitics, but of a supremacist movement which seeks global dominance. Playing as if a game of geopolitics is entirely wrong-headed.

9 posted on 11/14/2025 9:13:41 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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