The agency said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office and senior officials in the Foreign Ministry are in contact with the administration of US President Donald Trump and a number of Arab leaders, with the aim of amending the wording of the resolution before the expected vote on Monday.
The commission added that “Israel believes that the Palestinian Authority will not implement the conditions of Trump’s plan to establish a Palestinian state, foremost among them comprehensive reform,” considering the draft resolution “dangerous and its repercussions unpredictable.”
The project, which is being promoted by Washington, states that implementing the Palestinian Authority reform plan could pave the way for a "credible" path towards self-determination and statehood. It also includes opening an American dialogue between the Palestinian and Israeli sides with the aim of drawing up a political horizon for coexistence.
The draft speaks of the anticipated international force in Gaza cooperating with Egypt and Israel to ensure "stability and the replacement of Hamas rule and the presence of the Israeli army," along with the deployment of a trained Palestinian police force to take over border duties.
The project received joint support from Türkiye, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan and Jordan, according to a statement issued on Friday.
Widening circle of Israeli rejection
In the same context, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday his categorical rejection of the establishment of a Palestinian state, stressing at the beginning of the government meeting that his position is "firm and unwavering" ahead of the Security Council vote on the second phase of Trump's plan on Gaza, which includes deploying international forces in the sector and formulating a path towards a Palestinian state.
Netanyahu said he had thwarted "dozens of international attempts" in this direction, and that Gaza "will be demilitarized" and "Hamas will be dismantled."
The broadcasting authority also confirmed that Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar joined Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in declaring: "There will be no Palestinian state."
Katz said via the X platform that “Israel’s policy is clear, and the disarmament of Gaza and Hamas will be carried out by the international force or the Israeli army.”
For his part, Saar stated that “Israel will not agree to the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist state in the heart of its territory,” as he put it.
These positions come despite UN resolutions affirming the two-state solution, and despite the expansion of international recognition of Palestine during the General Assembly meetings last September, when the number of recognizing countries rose to 160 out of 193 countries, according to the Palestinian Foreign Ministry.
Simultaneous political and military escalation in Gaza and Syria
In Syria, Katz announced that the occupation army would continue its deployment in Mount Hermon and the security zone, after expanding its occupation of the Golan Heights following the overthrow of the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, coinciding with the continuation of daily Israeli raids on Syrian territory.
This political escalation comes amid a fragile ceasefire in Gaza that has been in place since October 10, which Israel violates daily, following a war that left more than 69,000 dead and 170,000 wounded, most of them children and women, and widespread destruction that the United Nations estimated would cost about $70 billion to rebuild.
Israel also faces an international legal path, as the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant in November 2024 for Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant on charges of "war crimes and crimes against humanity" in Gaza, while the International Court of Justice is considering a case accusing Israel of committing "genocide" in the sector.
For decades, Israel has occupied Palestine and territories in Syria and Lebanon, and refuses to withdraw from them and allow the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, with occupied Jerusalem as its capital, on the pre-1967 borders.