The inclusion of references to an independent Palestine was the price the US paid for backing from the Arab and Islamic world, who are expected to provide peacekeepers for an international stabilisation force (ISF).

The language fell far short of the firm commitment to the building of a Palestinian state alongside Israel sought by Arab and Islamic states, as well as European council members, but in speeches to the chamber after the vote, delegates from those countries said they were prepared to accept the compromise in the interests of extending the current truce and immediate measures to feed and protect the 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza.

Not ideal, far from it. But it is something that even the Biden administration wasn’t willing to give the Palestinians. It makes it harder for Israel to annex Palestine, but it provides no real promise or timeline for statehood. I do believe that time is on the Palestinians’ side which is why Israel had to be as violent and brutal as it did and commit a genocide while the whole world was watching. Israel had a clear goal of forcing the Palestinians out of their lands, and despite the high toll, they failed. Instead they turned themselves into pariahs and hastened their demise despite the US-led rule-based-order that guarantees their safety.