How about now? Gaza truce talks intensify after months of impasse

François PICARD | Alessandro XENOS | Guillaume GOUGEON | Imen MELLAZ | Irris MAKLER | Gershon BASKIN | Nancy OKAIL | Nicholas WESTCOTT

Edité par France 24 - 2024

The first step would be a ceasefire. And as interested third parties like the US and Egypt feel the pressure over a war that's in its seventh month, what do they need to do to help get a deal over the line?

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Guillaume Gougeon and Imen Mellaz.

Note
  • For the first time since November, could there finally be a respite in Gaza? As warring parties and negotatiors shuttle through Cairo, we try to see through the smokescreens and the mixed messages if the stars are truly aligning. Beyond a swap of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, it's tough at face value to comprehend indirect talks between two sides whose official line is the elimination of the other. The US Secretary of State has hinted at a grand bargain from which a truce graduates into a full-blown rewrite of 75 years of Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Langue
anglais
Date de publication
30/04/2024
Collection
The Debate
Contributeurs
Irris MAKLER FRANCE 24 Jerusalem correspondent
Gershon BASKIN Former Israeli hostage negotiator; Columnist for The Times of Israel and Al Quds
Nancy OKAIL President and CEO, Center for International Policy
Nicholas WESTCOTT Professor of practice in diplomacy, SOAS University of London

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