Li Zixin
Jan 21, (Leer en espanol)
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose 200 percent
tariffs on French wines and champagne after French President Emmanuel
Macron was reported to be unwilling to join his "Board of Peace" on
Gaza, according to media reports.
The so-called Board of Peace
is part of a "20-point peace plan" proposed by the US to end the
Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip. According to the draft charter
of this board, it will be chaired by Trump. Membership would be by
invitation from the chairman, who would hold key authority over terms,
renewals and removals. What shocked the international community even
more was that the US plan openly priced the board's "permanent seats" at
$1 billion each. This act of "privatizing" international affairs and
"commodifying" regional peace not only disregards the will of the
Palestinian people but also poses a huge challenge to the existing
international governance system and norms of conduct.
The current
Israel-Palestine conflict has lasted nearly 30 months, and the
humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen. The White House's push
to form a "Board of Peace" is primarily aimed at demonstrating US
influence over the situation in Gaza. However, this institution, which
should be responsible for peace in Gaza, is a typical product of
"transactional diplomacy." The nomination list is filled with US
politicians and their cronies, but conspicuously absent is the most
critical stakeholder - the Palestinians. This "absence" has drawn
widespread criticism from the international community, with some even
suggesting it reveals the institution's "colonial" nature - attempting
to privately outline Gaza's future without the consent of the
Palestinian people.
Even more shocking is the White House's
explicit offer of a "permanent seat" for $1 billion. This move reduces
the solemn cause of international peace to a game of money. Gaza's
future should not be a commodity to be bought; under the influence of
capital and hegemonic will, it will find it difficult to achieve true
peace.
Judging from the proposed charter of the "Board of Peace,"
this mechanism is unlikely to resolve the current crisis and may even
poison the political landscape of the Middle East. First, it has not
prioritized the imminent humanitarian crisis in Gaza, instead focusing
more on the capital operations of postwar reconstruction.
Second,
this board seriously hinders a comprehensive and just solution to the
Palestine-Israel issue. The US-led Gaza peace plan not only eliminates
the political role of the Palestinian National Authority in Gaza but
also establishes a so-called Board of Peace controlled by external
forces above the Palestinian technocratic committee. In essence, this
replaces sovereign governance with external intervention, undermining
the political foundation of the "two-state solution." The US thereby
deprives Palestinians of their fundamental right as a state to handle
their own affairs, effectively further dividing the Gaza Strip from the
West Bank and making a just and lasting peace even more unattainable.
Third,
this move has severely impacted the global governance system. The
current Gaza crisis is a brutal illustration of the disorderly state
where "might makes right." If peace seats can be bought and major powers
can arbitrarily establish their own systems outside the existing
international order, the fairness of the postwar international order
will be undermined. This "club governance" model reduces international
law to a private contract among major powers, forcing the world back
into the law of the jungle.
To truly resolve the Israel-Palestine
issue, we must return to the international order of fairness and
justice. Any arrangements regarding the postwar governance of Gaza must
be discussed within the framework of the UN and must fully respect the
fundamental principle of "Palestinians governing Palestine." Genuine
peace should be built on the basis of the "two-state solution" and the
restoration of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, not on a
"small group" privately established by a hegemonic power. The
international community should be wary of the dangerous tendency to
place geopolitical games above international law and ensure that the
reconstruction of Gaza is the reconstruction of justice, not an
expansion of hegemony.
The author is a research fellow with the China Institute of International Studies. opinion@globaltimes.com.cn
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