What’s been quite remarkable to me is that on an international level, Israel has continued to enjoy unprecedented diplomatic, financial, and military cover despite carrying out a live streamed genocide. This is not because I ever had any hope or faith that the international community would protect Palestinians from such violence. But I did think they would put up a bigger fight to protect the legal framework that they have set up themselves in order to maintain the world order they designed.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza signals the start of a complete unraveling of that world order. On November 17, 2025, when the UN Security Council passed Resolution 2803, which endorsed Trump’s twenty-point plan for Gaza, that was really the cherry on the cake. It is a resolution that contradicts international law by mandating a foreign body to rule over Palestinians in Gaza, and it also contradicts previous UN resolutions.
From sources at the UN, we know that in the lead-up to this resolution, there was some of the most overt bullying, cajoling, and coercion that has ever been witnessed at the UN, because this resolution effectively gives Trump the green light to do whatever he wants in Gaza. It creates two bodies that are supposed to take control: the Board of Peace, which of course is chaired by Trump, and an international stabilization force, which is tasked with maintaining security and enforcing the disarmament of Palestinian groups.
On top of all that, it effectively bypasses all the local and international structures in the distribution of aid. Everything will have to pass through the Board of Peace. It goes without saying that the resolution made no mention of the genocide and did not propose any kind of accountability mechanism for war crimes. This is a resolution that not only contravenes international law but also gives the US, which is a co-perpetrator of genocide, complete control over Gaza.