The Gaza plan: Board of Peace and a technocratic Gaza (2025)
End the war, release the hostages, disarm Hamas, and run Gaza through a technocratic Palestinian committee under an international Board of Peace, with an international force, while a Palestinian state stays a conditional 'pathway'.
What happens to Israeli Jews
Israel keeps security control during a phased withdrawal and gets its hostages back and Hamas removed from power, without committing to a Palestinian state.
What happens to Palestinians
Gazans get an end to the war, reconstruction and a Palestinian technocratic administration, but under international supervision. Statehood remains a possibility rather than a commitment, and the West Bank isn't addressed.
What it requires
- A ceasefire and the release of all hostages, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees
- Hamas disarming and giving up any role in governing Gaza, with amnesty for members who commit to coexistence
- A technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee running Gaza's services, under an international Board of Peace chaired by the US President
- An International Stabilization Force and a new Palestinian police force; Israeli forces withdrawing in stages as security is established
- Reconstruction funded internationally; no one forced to leave Gaza
- Palestinian Authority reform, after which 'a credible pathway' to Palestinian statehood may open, conditional and undated
Who supports it
Announced 29 September 2025; a ceasefire and hostage release followed in October 2025; endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2803 on 17 November 2025 (13–0, Russia and China abstaining) ⚠. Hamas accepted the exchange and ceasefire but not full disarmament. Israel's army still held a large part of Gaza under the ceasefire line (see 'Israel left Gaza in 2005 — there has been no occupation there since').
What history says
- Kosovo and East Timor: UN-supervised transitional administrations ahead of self-government, with mixed results
- Iraq 2003–04: a foreign-appointed authority governing an occupied population, with lessons about legitimacy
- Oslo's interim arrangements (1993–99): a temporary regime meant to lead to final status, which stalled
The hard questions
- Who disarms Hamas if Hamas refuses, and will the international force take on that job?
- Can a technocratic committee have legitimacy with Gazans if no Palestinian has voted for it?
- What makes the 'pathway' to statehood more than a promise, and what happens in the West Bank meanwhile?