Trump moves the needle on a Gaza ceasefire

I assess that really the weight of incoming President Trump has been applied on Qatar and perhaps on Egypt, which are the two state supporters of Hamas. And that is perhaps what has injected the whole process with a bit more momentum. And that is why we perhaps can be a little bit more hopeful as to what's happening,

Conricus told guest host Bianca de la Garza

[I ... I]f we look at the details, this deal is essentially — with perhaps some details a little bit different — but this deal is essentially what has been on the table for months and has been rejected so far by Hamas, already approved by Israel many times, including by the prime minister

Benjamin Netanyahu, ... Conricus said

I think that all of the parties are careful not to be in the wrong side of the books of incoming President Trump,

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