UN to vote on Gaza stabilisation force plan that references Palestinian state

Netanyahu faces pressure from far-right ministers after Saudi insistence on credible pathway' to statehood

The UN security council is to vote on Monday on a US-drafted resolution to set up an international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza that includes a late and highly tentative addition on a future Palestinian state, added under pressure from Arab states.

A rival motion has meanwhile been tabled by Russia and China, setting up the possibility that both motions could be vetoed by one or more of the five permanent members of the security council.