Trump has his day but elephant in the room remains

Monday was an extraordinary day in the life of the Middle East: an end to the two-year-old Israeli war on Gaza and, in the words of US President Donald Trump, “the dawn of a new Middle East” and an end to “the long and painful nightmare.” The promise of a historic breakthrough to the region’s endemic conflicts was so surreal that there was an actual sense of optimism running through the entire area, something that has not been felt for years and maybe decades. But let’s not kid ourselves. This was Trump’s day.

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