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Our guests are Gaza-born Palestinian writer Ahmed Moor, a regular contributor to The Guardian and a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Mairav Zonszein, Israel analyst for the International Crisis Group, and a regular contributor to the New York Times. Topics discussed include…

How what people are calling a “ceasefire” might realistically play out

What Hamas’s current thinking might be

the visions for Gaza in the Israeli government, the military, and the Israeli public

How things might change for Palestinians if Hamas is removed from power

Netanyahu’s domestic political prospects

how global pressure might be affecting Israel

the difficulty for Palestinians of imagining making peace with a people who have done them so much harm