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We will remain in a tent, but the difference is that the bleeding will stop, the fear will stop, and we will sleep reassured,
It is clear that the situation in Gaza is still extremely complex and a lot of difficulties still remain for an effective distribution,
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday The first thing I will do is go and check my house,
said Mohamed Mahdi, a father of two who was displaced from Gaza City's Zaytoun neighborhood What is this truce that kills us hours before it begins?”
asked Abdallah Al-Aqad, the brother of a woman killed by an airstrike in the southern city of Khan Younis The president has been a great friend of Israel, and now it’s time to be a friend back,
He told the Israeli leader ... the Wall Street Journal reported They’ve had maximum support during this war and what comes next is not so certain,
I’m actually quite sceptical of the idea that Trump put any particular pressure on Netanyahu, even though I think that’s a narrative that some folks would like to believe and perhaps that Trump would like for people to believe,
Yousef Munayyer, a political analyst and senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC, told Al Jazeera We have people that know everything about the Middle East, but they can’t speak properly … he is a great negotiator,
the president-elect said of his friend That history and the longevity of the relationship indicates deep trust and loyalty which will give Witcoff a longer leash to manoeuvre on the Middle East peace file,
Zaha Hassan, a political analyst and fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told Al Jazeera For the past few days, we have been speaking as one team,
the president said in a nod to Witkoff I think they heard him loud and clear: better get done by the inaugural,
Witkoff later told reporters about the deal, praising Trump for delegating “better” than anyone else He gives us a lot of authority,
Witcoff’s proclivities aren’t yet clear”,
Given Trump’s desire in realising a Saudi-Israeli normalisation agreement and the Saudi requirement that such a deal would have to include a Palestinian state or an irreversible path to one, some hope exists that Trump, unlike Biden, will use the leverage of the office of the presidency in the service of a true ‘deal of the century’,
It was only really accepted in the end because Trump came along and Trump told Netanyahu to do it,
added the seasoned negotiator, who helped to secure the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit more than a decade ago What really got us to this point was the isolating and weakening of Hamas.” ... Previously
In an interview with NBC’s “TODAY” on Thursday, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby also said ... he added I’m very grateful for the Biden administration for the very long period where they tried, but I have to say the Trump effect is great,
Machikawa, 56, said Friday The crucial thing is that it has to be implemented now,
It has to be remembered that the world, the region has changed with the weakening of Hezbollah, the weakening of Iran, the fall of Assad,
he said in a phone interview on Thursday What changed was that Hamas had been heavily degraded,