Haaretz: The recent United Nations resolution is highly ambiguous regarding the Palestinian state.

The Haaretz newspaper criticized the recent United Nations Security Council decision regarding Gaza and the Palestinian state in an editorial, describing it as so ambiguous that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found nothing in it that threatens his government's policies.

It pointed out that Netanyahu's welcome of the decision – who is wanted by the International Criminal Court – is a clear indication of his lack of any possibility of ending the occupation or opening a real path towards establishing a Palestinian state.

It viewed that Netanyahu's welcome of the decision presented by the United States and approved by the UN Security Council on Monday alone indicates that it does not even include a "slight risk" of ending the occupation, nor does it propose a tangible path towards establishing a Palestinian state.

The UN resolution – according to the newspaper – includes the establishment of an international stabilization force in Gaza, tasked with dismantling the weapons of "non-state armed groups," securing borders, and protecting humanitarian operations.

It also calls for the formation of a "Peace Council" to temporarily manage the Gaza Strip until the Palestinian Authority completes a comprehensive reform program, and only then may the conditions become "suitable" for a credible path towards self-determination and statehood.

However, the Israeli newspaper believes that this wording – especially the phrase "a credible path towards... establishing a state" – is so vague that Netanyahu, who considers the erasure of the Palestinian struggle his life's project, paid it no heed at all.

It also criticized the Security Council's decision to grant U.S. President Donald Trump broad powers to establish the Peace Council and manage Gaza, warning that this would practically lead to stripping the region of sovereignty and placing it under unlimited U.S. administration, in the absence of a timeline for the withdrawal of the Israeli army or arrangements for an alternative Palestinian force.

From the newspaper's perspective, the decision's disregard for the explosive situation in the West Bank entrenches the "divide and rule" policy that Israel has long employed for decades.

It concluded its editorial by stating that Trump holds the key, "If he is truly convinced that a Palestinian state is a necessity for Israel, the Palestinians, and the entire region, he must force Netanyahu to maintain the ceasefire and link normalization (with regional countries) to the recognition of the State of Palestine, paving the way for ending the occupation."