New York (QNN)- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is expected to vote on Monday on a resolution regarding the next phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, which Palestinians have rejected as “a new attempt to impose another form of occupation on our land and people and to legitimise foreign trusteeship.” The US draft resolution that is set to go to the UNSC on Monday is drawing sharp warnings from legal experts and Palestinian groups, who say Washington is trying to hardwire Israel’s genocide in Gaza into an international framework. The text seeks to endorse the Trump Peace Plan, the so-called “Comprehensive Plan”, and sign off on two new bodies: a civilian transitional administration named the Board of Peace and a militarised “International Stabilisation Force”. The draft hands sweeping powers to the Board of Peace, including oversight of Gaza’s governance, reconstruction, economic recovery, and the coordination of humanitarian operations. The plan rests outside any recognised international legal framework and instead lays out a parallel order built on security control and external authority. The resolution is also vague on sequencing and detail. Western diplomatic sources told CNN that the lack of detail in the resolution will make it hard to put into effect. Here are some of its essential proposals, according to the draft (according to reports): Governance in Gaza The resolution calls for “the establishment of the Board of Peace (BoP) as a transitional administration with international legal personality.” This is Trump’s proposal for interim governance in Gaza. The resolution says it will coordinate the redevelopment of Gaza in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan, Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan. It’s as yet unclear who would serve on the BoP and just what its powers would be, according to officials and reports. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was at one point being suggested as leading the board under Trump’s chairmanship, despite his damaged standing among some Arab states over his support for the Iraq war, and his pro-Israel stance. According to Israeli officials last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Board would have no representatives of the Palestinian Authority. “Israel and the US are the ones who decide if it will meet the conditions, and there’s an entire wall of conditions,” he was quoted as saying. Foreign troops The BoP along with member states would stand up a “temporary International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza to deploy under unified command,” according to the draft, in close consultation with Israel and Egypt. It would ensure “the process of demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, including the destruction and prevention of rebuilding of the military, terror, and offensive infrastructure, as well as the permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups,” according to the draft. As the ISF “establishes control and stability,” the Israeli military would withdraw from Gaza “based on standards, milestones, and timeframes linked to demilitarization.” Netanyahu has said that the BoP must take charge of Hamas’ disarmament and on Sunday reiterated that “Gaza will be demilitarized, and Hamas will be disarmed — either the easy way or the hard way.” Several countries have been tipped as likely contributors to an ISF in Gaza, including Indonesia, Turkey and Egypt. But none has committed a contingent. Israel has already said it will not accept Turkey, a key Gaza ceasefire mediator, having any role on the ground. Turkey has maintained staunch criticism of the Israeli genocide in Gaza over the past two years and recently issued arrest warrants for genocide against Netanyahu and other senior officials. The Palestinian role in Gaza According to the draft resolution, the BoP would at some point hand over to the Palestinian Authority (PA), when it “has satisfactorily completed its reform program.” The draft does not expand on what those reforms should be but refers to a joint French-Saudi plan that includes a commitment by the PA “to hold democratic and transparent general and presidential elections within a year” of the ceasefire in Gaza. Last week, President Emmanuel Macron said France would help the Palestinian Authority draft a constitution for a future Palestinian state, part of a broader effort to promote a two-state solution. The Israeli occupation government wants a civilian administration in Gaza that is led by neither the PA nor Hamas. A Palestinian state? The resolution says that depending on the PA’s progress “the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood. The United States will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous coexistence.” Israel has made it clear it will not accept a Palestinian state. Ahead of a cabinet meeting Sunday, Netanyahu repeated that “Our opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory west of the Jordan River exists, remains in force, and has not changed in the slightest.” Some Israeli ministers have gone further. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Sunday, “There is no such thing as a ‘Palestinian people.’ It is an invention with no historical, archaeological, or factual basis” and called the Palestinian identity an “invention”. “Israel’s policy is clear: no Palestinian state will be established,” Defence Minister Israel Katz wrote on X. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on X that Israel would “not agree to the establishment of a Palestinian terror state in the heart of the Land of Israel”. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged Netanyahu to take action. “Formulate immediately an appropriate and decisive response that will make it clear to the entire world – no Palestinian state will ever arise on the lands of our homeland,” he said on X. Saudi Arabia, which is reportedly expected to have a major role in financing the reconstruction of Gaza, takes the opposite view. Saudi minister Manal Radwan told a conference in Bahrain two weeks ago: “A Palestinian state is a prerequisite for regional integration. We have said it many times.” Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported on Sunday that Israel was engaged in a last-minute diplomatic push to alter the draft resolution. Later on Sunday, Hamas and other Palestinian resistance factions called on Algeria – a non-permanent member of the UNSC – to reject the plan for stabilisation forces to be deployed in Gaza. In a statement, the resistance factions called the efforts “a new attempt to impose another form of occupation on our land and people, and to legitimise foreign trusteeship”. “We direct a sincere and fraternal appeal to the Algerian Republic, government and people, to continue adhering to its principled positions supporting Palestine, and its steadfast rejection of any projects targeting Gaza’s identity and our people’s right to self-determination,” the statement added. On Friday, a joint statement with eight countries – Qatar, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan and Turkiye – urged “swift adoption” of the draft resolution by the 15-member UNSC. What about Russia’s rival resolution? Meanwhile, Russia is circulating its own resolution to rival the US version, offering stronger language on Palestinian statehood and stressing that the occupied West Bank and Gaza must be joined as a contiguous state under the Palestinian Authority. In a statement, Russia’s UN mission said that its objective was to “to amend the US concept and bring it into conformity” with previous UNSC decisions. “We would like to stress that our document does not contradict the American initiative,” said the statement. “On the contrary, it notes the tireless efforts by the mediators – the United States, Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey – without which the long-awaited ceasefire and the release of hostages and detainees would have been impossible.” “New Colonialism” The National Commission for Palestinian Popular Action has issued a forceful statement on Sunday rejecting US proposals to place Gaza under an externally imposed transitional administration, warning that such a move amounts to “a new colonialism”. The commission said any attempt to install a governing body “outside the will of the Palestinian people” violates their right to self-determination and seeks to repackage old forms of domination “under updated labels”. It stressed that decisions about Gaza’s future must come from Palestinians themselves and safeguard the unity of the land, the legitimacy of resistance to the Israeli occupation, and the “right to freedom, resistance, and self-determination” guaranteed under international law. If passed, the commission warns, the Security Council would be endorsing a system that strips Palestinians of their right to self-determination while undermining the credibility of international law itself. While acknowledging that a narrowly defined international presence could help monitor a ceasefire and protect civilians, the commission insisted such a force must be strictly limited and “expressly prohibited from taking on any administrative or political role”. Any shift towards a disguised trusteeship, it warned, is “categorically rejected”. The commission called on Palestinian political movements, institutions, and communities worldwide to reject all forms of external control and avoid engaging with proposals that undermine national decision-making. It urged public figures, unions, and organisations to oppose what it described as renewed colonial ambitions through peaceful and legal means. The statement closed with a reaffirmation of its commitment to unified popular action “in defence of the rights of our people” and in support of Palestinian steadfastness until full freedom is achieved.