Three months after the announcement of the creation of the International Stabilization Force for Gaza, as part of the ceasefire agreement in the region, which was supposed to consist of 20,000 soldiers under the leadership of an American general, none of the five countries expected to send troops has effectively done so.
The countries involved are Morocco, Indonesia, Kosovo, Albania, and Kazakhstan. One reason is that the US-Israel war against Iran has made the United States and Israel increasingly unpopular in countries such as Indonesia, which has a Muslim-majority population. Indonesia itself was expected to send 8,000 soldiers, but the plan has now been suspended.
Israel continues bombing Gaza and seizing territory, while Hamas refuses to surrender its weapons, which was part of the agreement between the two sides.
The economy of the country with the world’s largest Muslim population is suffering from soaring prices caused by the war in Iran, while widespread distrust also surrounds the Board of Peace.
“New dynamics have emerged,” the country’s Defense Minister told parliament. “Because the intensity of the conflict between American and Iranian forces remains extremely high, the Board of Peace has tended to be sidelined. And once the Board of Peace was sidelined, the same happened to the International Stabilization Force.”
The country’s Defense Minister also said that they have not yet received official guidelines from Washington.
Source: Associated Press
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