Al-Monitor
MiddleEast · 11 hrs ago
Pleasing no one: Netanyahu puts election first with Gaza decision
Faced with a divisive US-led Gaza plan just before elections that could end his career, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to choose between pleasing his ally Donald Trump or his right-wing base.
In rejecting the plan, he may not please anyone.
The decision is a tactical and PR victory for Hamas, analysts say, with the Islamist movement publicly backing the deal under which it would disarm, without taking any steps yet to do so.
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