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US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.
With the ceasefire deal still incomplete since 13 hostages’ bodies remain in Gaza, Magid discusses the US desire to move forward with US President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan. The US is trying to create facts on the ground, says Magid, but there are concerns from other partners about some of the decisions, including whether the focus should be on Hamas disarmament or the postwar management of Gaza.
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Following last week’s preliminary vote in the Knesset to advance a West Bank annexation bill and the angry reaction from the US administration, Magid discusses how the Trump government has shifted its tone since February, when the president, hosting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was weighing the issue of Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank and floated the idea of a non-Gazan Gaza “Riviera.”
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For further reading:
US weighs which side’s red line to cross as it seeks to implement Gaza deal’s 2nd phase
Trump says ‘Israel not going to do anything with the West Bank’ as US fumes over annexation vote
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