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fter two years marked by massacres and destruction, will the war in Gaza finally end and the last Israeli hostages be freed? If the indirect negotiations scheduled to begin in Cairo on Monday, October 6, offer hope for such an outcome, it is because President Donald Trump had a change of course. After tolerating for too long the reckless escalation by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he now believes that US interests no longer align with those of the extremist coalition leading Israel.
Trump decided to act because the never-ending war in Gaza had finally crossed every line, making it impossible for him to ignore the powerful wave of international condemnation it now faces. The drafting of a French-Saudi "roadmap" to avoid disaster, along with the Western recognitions of the State of Palestine – initiated by France – at the United Nations General Assembly, contributed to this momentum, regardless of the objections voiced by their loudest critics. It is deeply regrettable that so many Palestinian civilians had to be killed, wounded, maimed and deprived of everything before reaching what should have been achieved many months ago.
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France's concerns about the US plan for Gaza
