BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — May a Gaza peace settlement carry profit past the besieged Gaza Strip? That’s the tantalizing hope expressed by a number of U.S. officers and Center East negotiators concerned within the lengthy and painstaking course of to supply a ceasefire-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas – a deal which, as of late Thursday, nonetheless awaited the Israeli authorities’s closing approval.
For the individuals of Gaza, what issues is the deal itself, and its provisions for a six-week ceasefire, throughout which Israeli forces would retreat to a small buffer zone alongside the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel; a major inflow of badly-needed humanitarian assist; and a return residence for tens of 1000’s of displaced Palestinians in Gaza – at the very least for these whose properties are nonetheless standing. For Israelis, the settlement holds the promise of the return of hostages nonetheless held in Gaza, and a return residence for Israeli troopers who’ve been waging a troublesome warfare contained in the territory.
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