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welcome. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce which, as you see here, prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warnings across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder though that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding. the white house al ....
And destruction brought on by israel s military. but all of this kind of points to the fact that there is no political process, there s no diplomatic process, and there aren t really even any responsible third party actors beyond the egyptians, let s say, who clearly have a direct stake in stability in gaza because they have a border with gaza. but one glaring absence is the role of the united states. i think this outbreak has been met with sort of a collective shrug, and besides kind of boilerplate statements. should the us be doing more? is there a political will in the united states to step in? we re seeing egypt actually getting involved. yeah, i don t think there is any political will in washington or, frankly, from the european side. there s a lot of fatigue about the issue. ....