Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion,…
A complex pact is reached for the eventual return of all 98 captives, Israelis and Americans, living and dead.
‘We must ensure that Hamas is unable to rule the Gaza Strip and that the Palestinian Authority, after its reform, takes over the rule of the Strip,’ the outgoing secretary says. ‘Israelis must abandon the myth that they can carry out de facto annexation’ of Gaza.
Thirty-three of the 98 hostages would be released in the first of three stages to the deal.
‘This coordinated attack is a message to Iran,’ a terrorism researcher and former Likud Knesset member, Anat Berko, says.
The new president, Joseph Aoun, is a favorite of America, France, and Saudi Arabia. He even gets a cautious endorsement from Israel amid skepticism about Lebanon’s future.
While the end of America’s involvement in the south Asian country known as the ‘graveyard of empires’ has been celebrated, Washington does not want to repeat the mistake of simply turning its back on Afghanistan.
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