Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia reject joining Gaza peacekeeping force

Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have rebuffed the US requests to contribute troops to a post-war peacekeeping force in Gaza.

"The dispatched troops would be seen to be protecting Israel from the Palestinians,” the Arab official said, explaining the opposition of Amman, Doha and Riyadh to the effort being advanced by the US to help secure Gaza after the war, Caliber.Az reports citing the foreign media.

Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have expressed willingness to participate in the effort.

Going public with that stance, a senior Emirati official penned an op-ed in the Financial Times last month in which she called for the establishment of a “temporary international mission” in Gaza “that responds to the humanitarian crisis, establishes law and order, lays the groundwork for governance and paves the way to reuniting Gaza and the occupied West Bank under a single, legitimate Palestinian Authority.”

Lana Nusseibah clarified in her op-ed that Emirati involvement is conditioned on the initiative being US-led and being part of a broader initiative aimed at an eventual two-state solution — a framework Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly rejected.