Hello and welcome to Politics World Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt.

This week, our guests are the editor-in-chief of the New Jersey Globe,

David Wildstein,

and the director of the University of Virginia's Center in Politics,

and the man behind Sabato's Crystal Ball, Larry Sabato.

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Hey, James, President Trump is taking victory laps for his role in Israeli Hamas ceasefire in Gaza.

I mean, deservedly so.

He did what Joe Biden should have done, and he brought heavy pressure on Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu.

Those Israeli hostages who were alive were returned, and it was a great day to celebrate.

Now, there are some critical caveats. Neither Israel nor Hamas seems really content with this accord.

Already we see resistance.

And the reality, James, is the only long-term possible solution is a two-state solution, as opposed by both Netanyahu and Hamas.

Until they are both gone, the patterns of violence may subside for a while as they will now,

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