The war in the region has been going on for 15 months. Aaron David Miller says both sides will need to find true leadership to achieve a lasting peace.

Rifts with Hamas and a far-right minister’s threat to resign complicated progress toward the Israeli cabinet’s vote on the deal, which includes the release of hostages.

Two pro-Palestinian journalists were ejected from the news conference after accusing the secretary of state of enabling “genocide.” Blinken, despite reports of last-minute snags, said he was confident about the cease-fire deal for Gaza.

The Biden administration has spent months on negotiations, but President-elect Donald Trump might have pushed it over the line.

President-elect Trump has issued a stern warning to Hamas, demanding the release of hostages by his inauguration on January 20, or threatening severe consequences. His warnings hint at significant actions in the Middle East if demands are not met.

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had reached a ceasefire and hostage deal that would end the fighting in Gaza and surge humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians.

With the long-sought cease-fire agreement now in place, both President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump can claim credit for the accomplishment, while Israel and Hamas ponder what precisely they have signed up for.

A Hamas spokesperson said the group “is committed ... the master politician – seems to have miscalculated,” Aaron David Miller, a veteran American negotiator, told CNN on Thursday.

Although the ceasefire agreement is a much-needed lifeline for Gaza, there is a lot of skepticism regarding it. Past agreements like the Camp David and Oslo accords demonstrate that achieving peace requires bold leadership,

Donald Trump jumped to claim credit for brokering the ceasefire moments after it was announced on Wednesday, despite the fact that he was not in office for the duration of the conflict. But his instinct may not be far off: A diplomat briefed on the negotiations credited their sudden progress to the incoming forty-seventh president, reported

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next U.S. attorney general, refused to give a basic yes or no answer, during her confirmation hearing Wednesday, regarding her views on birthright citizenship, which is etched into the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.