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When the Gaza War is Slightly Closer to Ending
This is an opinion from the Center. As the remaining Israeli hostages are released, our reaction should be a loud and exuberant cheer for those brave individuals and their families. If the Gaza War does finally come to an end after two long and horrible years, we should cheer again—just as loudly and just as enthusiastically. But right now, three cheers might still be a bit premature. While last week’s diplomatic breakthroughs are extraordinarily positive news, and while the freedom finally to be enjoyed by the last few dozen captives held by Hamas is a justifiable cause for unrestrained celebration, the path to anything but temporary and tenuous peace is still a maddeningly lengthy and difficult one. Donald Trump is receiving deserved credit for bullying both Israeli and Hamas leaders to the partial agreement they have finally achieved. But even the American president’s strong-arm tactics still only got the two sides some of the way to the ultimate objective. Let’s…