Big developments in the Middle East. Could a ceasefire finally be on the horizon?
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Netanyahu is already clearly signalling a strong desire to keep going, but there is a brief window of hope here, around a surge of public pressure to foreground the hostages.
That said, this is also an extremely dangerous time for one and the same: a desperate organization that feels it's been cornered could retaliate in the most horrific way possible.
Good to lean into hope - but N needs to bow to domestic pressure first - an action that is still very much up in the air.
@MLClark If N decides to put the hostages 2nd to a personal vendetta for war he will not last as PM.
@MLClark I agree it is still a volatile situation but who else is there now for Israel to go after without escalating this to all out war in the ME? I think there will be more pressure on N now to focus on negotiations and get the remaining hostages home.