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An unlikely team of US negotiators wrestled Israel and Hamas to a cease-fire
Why the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Is Happening Now
After months of frustrating the Biden Administration, Benjamin Netanyahu seems poised to accept a deal on the eve of Trump’s return to the White House.
What is the role of the U.S. in the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas?
NPR's Leila Fadel asks longtime diplomat and former Mideast peace negotiator Aaron David Miller about the U.S. role in a phased execution of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Hamas will benefit from a respite from the ... to help Israelis and Palestinians achieve that goal. Aaron David Miller, a former State Department Middle East analyst and negotiator, is a senior ...
The war in the region has been going on for 15 months. Aaron David Miller says both sides will need to find true leadership to achieve a lasting peace.
President-elect Trump has issued a stern warning to Hamas, demanding the release of hostages by his inauguration on January 20, or threatening severe consequences. His warnings hint at significant actions in the Middle East if demands are not met.
Thousands of Hamas fighters have reemerged from hiding and fanned out to reestablish control. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The president-elect did not elaborate on what actions he might take if the captives are not released by the time he takes office.
Rifts with Hamas and a far-right minister’s threat to resign complicated progress toward the Israeli cabinet’s vote on the deal, which includes the release of hostages.
A ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas the Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, announced Wednesday afternoon from Doha.
Two pro-Palestinian journalists were ejected from the news conference after accusing the secretary of state of enabling “genocide.” Blinken, despite reports of last-minute snags, said he was confident about the cease-fire deal for Gaza.
Donald Trump jumped to claim credit for brokering the ceasefire moments after it was announced on Wednesday, despite the fact that he was not in office for the duration of the conflict. But his instinct may not be far off: A diplomat briefed on the negotiations credited their sudden progress to the incoming forty-seventh president, reported
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next U.S. attorney general, refused to give a basic yes or no answer, during her confirmation hearing Wednesday, regarding her views on birthright citizenship, which is etched into the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
An agreement offers Gazans at least some respite, and for Israelis it means the release of hostages. But the deal’s ambiguity leaves open the possibility that fighting could resume within weeks.
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