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There is no way Trump’s first major initiative in the Middle East will be to twist Israel’s arm to save Unrwa.”
Gaza after all this pain needs a responsible and capable government to heal the wounds of the Gaza people under one state, one government, one law and one system.”
Gaza has to be fully demilitarised. Hamas has to be destroyed to the point that it cannot reconstitute itself, and Israel has every right to protect itself.”
So far, Trump’s incoming national security adviser, Mike Waltz, has simply said Our priority must be to ease the tremendous suffering caused by this conflict."
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the agreement, stating Iran’s air defences are in shambles. Their main proxy, Hezbollah, is badly wounded, and as we tested Iran’s willingness to revive the nuclear deal, we kept the pressure with sanctions. Now Iran’s economy is in desperate straits.”
The generational memory doesn’t go back to the founding of the state or the six-day war, or the Yom Kippur war, or to the intifada even. It starts with this war, and you cannot ignore the impact of this war on future policymakers. Joe Biden is the last president of his generation whose memories and knowledge and passion to support Israel go back to the founding story.”
Jack Lew, the strongly pro-Israel outgoing US ambassador to Israel, said Hamas had been able to recruit almost as many new militants than it had lost, a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war”.
He underlined the futility of continuing the war by admitting I don’t like any of these words.”
Sullivan recalled meeting a voter in Ohio, and talking to him about the liberal democratic order, and the man turned to him and said What is the outcome of all of this? I think it is too early to predict. Even when good things happen, there are bad things around the corner. That’s true across foreign policy. It’s especially true in the Middle East,
Every incident of antisemitism can be traced back to the prime minister’s dereliction of leadership in response to the sordid events on the steps of the Sydney Opera House,
China sincerely hopes that all relevant parties will take the Gaza ceasefire as an opportunity to promote the easing of regional tensions,
I absolutely believe it should not.”
Asked on the day of the protest whether it should go ahead, he said I think that that's amazing, we've been waiting so long for our hostages to finally come home, praying, hoping, and now it's finally happening. And we're so excited,
said 18 year-old Ariella Cohen as she sat with friends in a Jerusalem cafe This is the right move. This is an important move,
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said in a statement Trump promised us hell and we are in hell,
We will continue to do everything we can, everything possible together with our partners, to ensure that this deal is implemented as it’s agreed,
It will be placed in Cairo, and this follow up actually will be a joint team from the three countries that will monitor the implementation of the agreement,
Unfortunately, the agreement in November was very transactional. So it was like a day-by-day,
When phase two begins, there will be an exchange for release of the remaining living hostages, including male soldiers, and all remaining Israeli forces will be withdrawn from Gaza, and the temporary cease fire will become permanent,
We hope that this will be the last page of the war, and we hope that all parties will commit to implementing all the terms of this agreement,
