Dershowitz Warns U.N. Must Be Excluded from Gaza Rebuilding Efforts

Alan Dershowitz said Monday that any serious effort to rebuild the Gaza Strip would fail if the United Nations were involved, stating that the global body has become a driver of conflict rather than a force for peace in the Middle East.

Speaking on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren,” the Harvard Law School professor emeritus urged the exclusion of the United Nations from postwar Gaza reconstruction efforts. He warned that its track record makes meaningful progress impossible.

“It’ll be doomed to failure,” Dershowitz said. “The U.N. can have nothing to do with it.”

The U.N., he added, “is now a major source of conflict rather than a source for peace.”

Dershowitz further suggested that the United States and Israel should consider withdrawing from the organization unless it undergoes fundamental reform. He described the U.N. as “a negative force in the world” at present.

The Harvard Law School professor emeritus also commented on the recent meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it the strongest of their six meetings and a clear signal of deepening U.S.-Israel cooperation.

“This is the one in which both President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu showed what happens when Israel and the United States work together,” he said.

Dershowitz noted that while much of the world has been moving away from Israel diplomatically, Trump has taken a closer stance, sending a message to Iran. He warned Tehran against advancing nuclear weapons or missile capabilities targeted at Israeli cities, suggesting consequences would follow.

“All Israel needs is a green light from Donald Trump to go in on its own and destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities,” Dershowitz said.

The speaker argued that lasting peace in the Middle East is impossible without regime change in Iran, calling the current leadership in Tehran the single greatest obstacle to regional stability.

“If President Trump wants to be known as the peace president, he has to be in support of regime change,” Dershowitz stated.

Turning back to Gaza, Dershowitz discussed the postwar Board of Peace, predicting U.S. and select European involvement — but not from countries he said have disqualified themselves over support for a Palestinian state.

He referenced reports that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was vetoed by Hamas and criticized nations that recognized a Palestinian state without requiring recognition of Israel.

“Any country that foolishly recognized a Palestinian state where there is no state … is disqualified,” he said, singling out Britain and Turkey.

Dershowitz also argued that the Palestinians have repeatedly squandered opportunities for statehood. He stated that a viable state cannot be created without eliminating terrorism and corrupt leadership.

“The Palestinians haven’t earned themselves a state,” he added. “Maybe someday there’ll be a Palestinian state, but it can be a state without terrorists, without Hamas, and without the current Palestinian leadership.”