The Gaza peace deal, explained

The US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza has held through its first week, and the last living Israeli hostages are finally home. But the situation is precarious, with hard questions about Gaza’s long-term future and governance still unanswered. 

As we take stock, Vox’s journalists are covering the moment from all sides: Josh Keating explains the questions negotiators have put off for a later date and the sobering lesson other countries could learn from the conflict. Zack Beauchamp looks ahead to Israel’s next elections and Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future. And Andrew Prokop assesses how much credit Donald Trump deserves in all of this.

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Did Trump make the Gaza ceasefire happen?

by Andrew Prokop

Trump played a part — but there are also broader reasons why it happened now.

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The Gaza peace deal’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness

by Joshua Keating

Trump-style diplomacy made the deal work, and could undo it.

The bleak lesson Israel — and the world — might learn from the Gaza war’s end

by Joshua Keating

It’s worth celebrating. But there’s reason to fear what it portends.

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