The Guardian: Most Palestinians Reject UAE Involvement in Gaza
The British newspaper The Guardian reported that most Palestinians reject the UAE’s involvement in Gaza, including Abu Dhabi’s attempts to impose so-called “day-after-the-war” arrangements in coordination with Israel.
The newspaper highlighted that “very few Palestinians support foreign intervention” in Gaza following the Israeli war, which has lasted for more than 15 months.
It added that the Palestinian stance “contrasts with plans proposed by the UAE, which include securing Gaza with Arab forces allied with Israel after a ceasefire.”
The Guardian emphasized that “it is astonishing that more than a year of war has not clarified a simple truth: no resolution to this conflict can be reached without the Palestinian people.”
Furthermore, expecting Palestinians to face existential threats to their lives and identity—through famine, bombings, repression, settler attacks, and more—without any response is an illusion. If political solutions remain absent, armed resistance will inevitably escalate.
This has already happened in the West Bank. As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed earlier this month, “Hamas has recruited nearly as many new fighters as it has lost.”
The Guardian stressed that it should be deeply troubling to all that the conditions preceding this war have only worsened.
The report underscored that for any solutions to be sustainable, the Palestinian people must be involved. This includes allowing them to choose their own leadership so that any representatives negotiating on their behalf are seen as legitimate in their eyes.
It further stated that this also means Palestinians must be given the space to negotiate internally—without retaliatory actions or assassinations—to explore alternatives beyond the Fatah-Hamas divide. Additionally, the international community must take bold and creative solutions seriously rather than disregarding Palestinian agency.
Nothing less than this will address the immediate crisis of suffering and destruction in Gaza—nor will anything less achieve lasting peace.
