To better understand what the cease-fire will mean for the Israelis, the Palestinians, and the Middle East, Foreign Affairs turned to Marc Lynch, a professor of political science at George Washington University and the director of its Middle East Studies program.
Iran welcomed on Thursday a cease-fire deal to end Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, calling it a “historic victory” for Palestinians.
In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Pale
After weeks and months of hectic parleys and hard negotiations, the long-overdue Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal in Gaza was finally reached last Wednesday and came into force on Sunday. The ceasefire agreement has come far too late and is quite fragile;
Davos: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met Wednesday with Vice President for
Four hundred and sixty-six days since Hamas fighters massacred over 1,000 Israelis and kidnapped hundreds more, the guns may finally be falling silent.
The ‘Gaza Ceasefire Deal’ is a mirror image of the May 2024 ‘Biden Plan’, which Israel rejected. What’s changed since then? For one, Israel has achieved all its critical military objectives. The imminent return of Donald Trump to the Oval Office has created its own dynamics which catalyzed Netanyahu to risk the ire of his right-wing coalition partners by accepting a deal.
As the cease-fire deal is underway between Israel and Hamas terrorists, some military and political commentators in Israel are worried that the deal will enable the Iran-backed terror group to rearm.
The 42-day first phase of the ceasefire should see a total of 33 hostages returned from Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees released.
Israel has said that neither Hamas nor the PA will be permitted to run Gaza, although it has not said who will.  Read more at straitstimes.com.
Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. This triggered a massive Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Meanwhile on the ground in Gaza the ceasefire, which came into effect on January 19th, is holding. The first hostages have been released as have 90 Palestinian prisoners. Aid has begun to flow in. The idf has begun to dismantle some of its bases. Displaced Gazans are returning to the rubble of their homes.