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Insights, analysis and must reads from CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and the Global Public Square team, compiled by Global Briefing editor Chris Good
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Today, Israel marks the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks “with new hopes of ending the conflict [in Gaza] but with hostages still in captivity,” The New York Times’ David M. Halbfinger reports. “There were quiet gatherings at some of the kibbutzim near Gaza that suffered the most in the massacres … and informal events drew participants throughout the country.”
Those new hopes rest on US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan. Trump has secured the backing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—has, in fact, “successfully bullied” Netanyahu into agreeing to it, Yair Rosenberg writes for The Atlantic. Hamas has agreed to parts of the deal’s framework, including the release of the remaining hostages, but other details still must be worked out. “Take one of the central issues in any ceasefire,” The Economist writes: “disarming Hamas and securing Gaza. Much of the world agrees that the militants need to lay down their arms. Hamas does not.” Continue leyendo →
