Trump’s 20-point plan is forcing Middle East rivals to set aside differences and collaborate after years of competition
If the war in Gaza had dramatic consequences across the Middle East, overturning long held assumptions, resetting the geopolitical map and provoking massive shifts in public opinion, any durable peace is likely to have equally momentous effects.
Some counsel caution.
“It’s been less than ten days and we are seeing multiple violations of the ceasefire by Israel and Hamas. I think after such bloodshed and destruction it will take some time to move in any positive direction,” said Mkhaimar Abusada, a political science professor at Gaza’s Al-Azhar University, who is currently in Cairo.
But the way in which the war ended has already had a significant impact on the politics of the region.
