Israeli media reports have indicated that Arab nations, including Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, have conveyed to Tel Aviv their decision to refrain from participating in security and military involvement in post war Gaza.
These reports further highlighted Morocco’s explicit refusal to undertake any military role in the Gaza Strip, with the concerned Arab states reportedly clarifying their stances prior to the commencement of talks in Doha on Thursday.
Previous reports from Israeli media had affirmed that Arab nations had declined American entreaties to contribute peacekeeping forces to Gaza following the ongoing war, while others expressed conditional willingness to engage.
Muhammad Atif, an expert in international relations and international law, said that the proposal of establishing an Arab military or peacekeeping force to oversee the Gaza Strip post-conflict is not novel, having been referenced in various reports previously.
He noted that the U.S. administration has been keen on involving forces from Arab countries, particularly those that signed the Abraham Accords, in the so-called “day after the war” plan.
Atif elaborated that Morocco’s reluctance to partake in any operations concerning the Gaza Strip aligns with its longstanding stance advocating for a peaceful and enduring political resolution to the Palestinian issue, in accordance with international law principles, while viewing Gaza as an integral part of Palestinian territories.
He emphasized that Morocco would only consider such involvement under stringent conditions, including robust assurances from Tel Aviv to halt military operations and an official invitation from the Palestinian Authority—recognized as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinians, rather than Israel or the United States.
In his statement to Hespress, Atif underscored that Morocco maintains firm positions against efforts to involve Arab countries in the conflict by extremist factions within Israel, which Rabat has previously attributed with exacerbating the war. He asserted that Morocco’s participation in peacekeeping forces remains implausible at present, given Israel’s continued aggression toward Gaza and the determination of Hezbollah and other adversarial groups to persist in their conflict with Israel.
Atif concluded that Morocco’s proposed solution is the most pragmatic, arguing that any discussion of establishing an Arab framework to assume control over Gaza or to terminate Hamas’s governance is likely to lead to further military confrontations.
He said that a comprehensive agreement ensuring Palestinian rights represents the sole viable path to resolving the conflict, suggesting that talk of Arab involvement in Gaza management is merely an attempt to entangle some Arab nations and create a new front for confrontation with Iran involving Arab participation.
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