Israel-Hamas war: How to get to a ceasefire?

François PICARD | Charles WENTE | Rafe JABARI | Hussein IBISH | Timothy KALDAS | Debra SHUSHAN

Edité par France 24

All the international community can do is answer the United Nations' call to raise funds and prepare vital necessities for Gaza. We talk about the humanitarian conference hosted by France this Thursday and whether more can be done to spare civilian lives.

To ask about a ceasefire is to ask, at this rate of killing and destruction, how long this war can last...and what's the plan for the day after? For a political settlement, there needs to be political will. The alternative is total destruction or a permanent state of war, scenarios that surely only suit the most radical elements on both sides.

Produced by Charles Wente, François Picard, Imen Mellaz and Meiqi An

Note
  • How to get to a ceasefire in Gaza? For Israelis, the answer is clear: Hamas has to release its hostages. For the Palestinian militant group, Israel has to let fuel and basic necessities in. It is up to the belligerents in a war where an estimated one third of buildings in the north of the Strip have either been destroyed or damaged, with even more in Gaza City itself.

Langue
anglais
Collection
The Debate
Contributeurs
Rafe JABARI Political Scientist
Hussein IBISH Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute
Timothy KALDAS Deputy Director, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Debra SHUSHAN Director of Policy, J Street

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