At a Jerusalem rally against the hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, veteran settler activist Daniella Weiss rails against US President-elect Donald Trump, a prospective peace with Saudi Arabia, and calls for Jewish settlement of the Gaza Strip.

That statement comes on top of other pressures that Trump has brought to bear to try to ensure that a deal for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip takes place before he enters the White House on January 20.

Israel’s national security minister Ben Gvir claimed he has repeatedly foiled a hostage and ceasefire deal with Hamas over the past year as he threatened to quit the Benjamin Netanyahu cabinet over a fresh deal being brokered by the US.

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, expected to begin its first phase Sunday, has brought relief to the international community but questions about whether the truce will hold — an issue that

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If ceasefire takes hold, people will start moving back, though they are under no illusions as to what they might find.

This cease-fire is still fragile, and working toward a Palestinian solution and a wider Mideast accord will require intense work by the Trump administration.

Rodger Shanahan counters the good news of the Gaza ceasefire with a gloomy mark-down of key players in the high-stakes power games of the Middle East (″⁣This ceasefire is a great win, but Gaza is a war without winners″⁣,

India heaves a sigh of relief and looks ahead to carry on the initiatives such as the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor that will promote global cooperation after months of walking on a diplomatic tig

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