Growing possibility for a Gaza ceasefire
by editors@theworld.org (Chris Harland-Dunaway) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6T2S7)
As the strategic map of the Middle East is reshaped by Hezbollah's fall from power in Lebanon and the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the US is pushing hard for a diplomatic solution in the Gaza Strip. Aaron David Miller, a negotiator for the US State Department on Arab-Israeli issues in the '90s and aughts, explains why the conditions for a ceasefire are improving, and what incentives are pushing the talks forward between Israel and Hamas.