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UN Security Council Approves Trump’s Gaza Cease-Fire Plan

Russia and China abstained from the vote, allaying concerns that the rival superpowers might veto the proposal.
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UN Security Council Approves Trump’s Gaza Cease-Fire Plan
Ambassadors and representatives to the United Nations vote during a U.N. Security Council meeting on a U.S. resolution on the Gaza peace plan at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Nov. 17, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
Evgenia Filimianova
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Joseph Lord
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The U.N. Security Council on Nov. 17 approved a U.S.-drafted resolution that endorses President Donald Trump’s Gaza cease-fire plan, a central component of Washington’s push to end the two-year conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz, who previously served as Trump’s national security adviser, said the resolution is “historic and constructive.”

Evgenia Filimianova is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in foreign policy, economy, and UK politics.