With the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopting a resolution on June 10 for a comprehensive cease-fire in Gaza, the international community is calling on Israel to urgently implement the consensus and halt the military campaign that is causing untold suffering to millions of besieged Palestinians.

According to a statement published by Wafa News Agency, the Palestinian Presidency has welcomed the adoption of Resolution 2735 by the UN Security Council, calling for an immediate and complete ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as “a step in the right direction to stop the ongoing war of genocide against the Palestinian people”.

It has been widely reported that the United States’ now-adopted text, which has reportedly been accepted by Israel, urged Hamas to accept a cease-fire proposal that was announced by US President Joe Biden on May 31

It also reiterated its call for the implementation of the two-state solution. Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour, who spoke with the media after the vote in New York, said Palestine is “determined with our friends to make a long-lasting, permanent cease-fire”.

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Meanwhile, Hamas said it was ready to cooperate with negotiators but was only willing to accept a deal that would end the fighting in Gaza, Reuters reported.

It has been widely reported that the United States’ now-adopted text, which has reportedly been accepted by Israel, urged Hamas to accept a cease-fire proposal that was announced by US President Joe Biden on May 31.

US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the fighting could “stop today if Hamas agrees to the deal now endorsed by the Security Council”, and said there is “now an opportunity to chart a new course and the US will help ensure that Israel lives up to its obligations”.

But Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly, political coordinator of the Israeli Mission to the UN, said her country’s goals have been “very clear” since Oct 7 last year, namely to bring all the Israeli hostages home and to dismantle Hamas, its capabilities and to ensure that Gaza “does not a pose a threat to Israel in the future”.

Referring to Hamas, she said the pressure on the “terrorists” should have begun long ago “but it is still not too late, it must begin now”. She also said that Israel “will not engage in meaningless and endless negotiations which can be exploited by Hamas as a means to stall for time”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 8 that they would not relent “until we complete the mission and return all our hostages home, both the living and the deceased". The remarks came following the rescue of four Israeli hostages.

Earlier, during speeches on Jerusalem Day on June 5, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich issued calls to “expand the war in Gaza” and to invade southern Lebanon.

Vassily Nabenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, abstained from the June 10 UNSC vote and questioned what specifically has Israel agreed to, adding that the Security Council should not sign up to any agreement that has “vague parameters”.

Turkiye welcomed the UNSC resolution as “an important step towards putting an end to the massacre”, and lauded Hamas’ “constructive and positive approach to the cease-fire plan. It urged Israel to commit to the implementation of the resolution.

“It is imperative that Israel announces its commitment to the implementation of a permanent ceasefire and fully implements all elements of the resolution,” the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.

Belal Alakhras, a political analyst and Palestinian researcher at the University of Malaya in Malaysia, told China Daily that the resolution endorsing a cease-fire in Gaza reflects the international consensus that “continuing the genocidal war is illegitimate and that restoring stability in the region is urgently needed”.

“This international stance has been predominant since last year, but the United States vetoed three ceasefire proposals while enabling Israel’s war in Gaza for more than eight months, leading to unprecedented killing and destruction that impacted the entire region and swayed the US and international public opinion,” said Alakhras.

“This inconsistency highlights the world’s dire need for a system not confined to one major power that can rapidly reverse course on matters of self-inflicted consequence. The priority now is implementing this resolution, though Palestinians seek guarantees that the war will truly end, while Israeli leaders publicly want to achieve all objectives of their total war,” he added.

Further, he said, rather than “waiting months for a way forward”, more practical steps like sanctions “are needed to force implementation”. He said emerging powers on the Security Council “should take the initiative to promote stability proactively, not just react after massive lives and interests are impacted”.

In a social media post, Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the West Bank and Gaza, welcomed the UNSC’s June 10 cease-fire resolution, but shared what she called “some critical observations”

“Multilateralism can create momentum to address this unprecedented tragedy and pave the way for a better world order. Otherwise, if this genocide continues, it risks inflaming other regional conflicts in the same environment that enabled the extermination in Gaza,” said Alakhras.

In a social media post, Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the West Bank and Gaza, welcomed the UNSC’s June 10 cease-fire resolution, but shared what she called “some critical observations”.

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She said the UNSC “cannot infringe people’s right to self-determination” as it lacked the authority to determine who will or should rule over Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory, and underscored that only Palestinians will have to choose via “free and democratic elections”, “not piloted, controlled or vetoed by outsiders”.

“Israel, NOT the international community, should pay for the reconstruction of Gaza. There is something pedagogical in being held accountable for its own crimes, including domicide, scholasticide and the destruction of the health system,” said Albanese.

“Healing the wounds of this genocide should remain top priority for the body mandated to ensure peace & security for present and future generations,” she added.

Contact the writer at jan@chinadailyapac.com