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In a strong and unprecedented stance, Palestinian civil society organizations condemned UN Security Council Resolution 2803, concluding that it aims to establish an illegal joint American, Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip.
The Council voted on the resolution on November 17, 2025, in a move that the organizations described as a continuation of a policy designed to cement colonial control over Palestinian land.
A resolution imposed without Palestinian consent
The organizations stressed that the resolution was imposed on the Palestinian people without their approval, in clear violation of their inalienable right to self-determination.
The United States and its allies used threatening language to push the resolution through, hinting at halting the current political process and resuming the genocide in Gaza. This, the organizations said, proves that any claim of Palestinian consent is null since such threats constitute an intent to use force.
The resolution is based on what is called Trump’s Twenty-Point Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, which was announced in September 2025 without any Palestinian participation.
A US plan forced on Gaza
According to the statement, paragraph four of the resolution grants the US administration authority to establish a “Peace Council,” which would have broad powers over financial resources, migration, reconstruction, and the management of civil affairs in Gaza, without oversight mechanisms or any form of legitimate Palestinian participation.
The organizations, a broad coalition including the Palestinian NGO Network and the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, argued that any Palestinian presence within this council would be merely symbolic and would not alter the imposed hegemonic structure.
Aid as a tool of control
The organizations warned of the risks of using humanitarian aid as leverage by tying it to the authority of the new council and its cooperation with entities involved in the genocide, such as the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.”
Available information indicates that this council plans to run Gaza in full coordination with Israel, which threatens to entrench grave violations of international humanitarian law and perpetuate collective punishment policies.
An international force with occupation powers
The organizations spoke of the council’s intention to establish an “International Stability Force,” which would effectively carry out Israel’s goals on the ground, including disarming Gaza.
They emphasized that this mandate has no legal basis and contradicts Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, which guarantees the right of peoples to resist occupation and foreign domination.
They also noted plans for this force to cooperate with extremist local militias that previously coordinated with Israeli occupation forces during the genocide in Gaza, further endangering the population.
Continued Israeli control
The organizations warned that Israel will maintain control over Gaza through the “security zone” it established east of the Strip, including control over airspace and maritime space. This effectively entrenches gradual annexation and reproduces the Nakba in a new form.
They argued that this entrenchment violates the essence of the US plan itself and reinstates a colonial regime over Palestinians.
UN complicity in violations
The organizations accused the United Nations of making itself a complicit party in grave violations by passing the resolution without any accountability guarantees or mechanisms to investigate crimes committed against civilians.
They pointed out that the resolution ignored documented crimes, including acts of a genocidal nature, and entrenched the policy of impunity that has enabled Israel to expand its colonial project.
Fragmenting the Palestinian territory
The organizations warned that imposing a foreign administration on Gaza would deepen the geographic fragmentation of the Palestinian people and further isolate the Strip.
It would also exclude Palestinians from any role in reconstruction by handing the process over to foreign contractors and donor entities.
Moreover, it replaces the legitimate right to compensation with new debts imposed on Gaza, despite negative global experiences with such dependency-based financial models.
Control over Palestinian resources
The organizations stated that the resolution allows extensive exploitation of Palestinian resources in Gaza’s territorial waters and economic zone without protective guarantees, stressing that such an approach threatens untapped natural resources and undermines the Palestinian people’s economic sovereignty.
In violation of international law and the ICJ opinions
The organizations stressed that the resolution contradicts the advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice, which emphasized in October 2025 the necessity of allowing unrestricted humanitarian aid entry through UN agencies, particularly UNRWA.
The resolution undermines this obligation by granting the “Peace Council” control over aid distribution, turning aid into a pressure tool.
It also ignored the refugees’ right of return, despite the fact that the majority of Gaza’s population has been refugees since 1948.
A call for urgent international action
The organizations called on third states to take practical steps, including rejecting the implementation of Resolution 2803 and adopting a fair legal path that supports the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.
They urged an end to the apartheid system, a halt to annexation, and the establishment of an independent international mechanism to investigate crimes, as well as a reconstruction process managed under UN authorization and with explicit approval from the representatives of the Palestinian people.
They also demanded comprehensive sanctions on Israel, adherence to the ICJ opinions, and the protection of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination as a supreme right under international law.
Source: The palastine information center