Breaking Down The Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal
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🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Negotiators announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had reached a temporary ceasefire deal to pause the 15-month war in Gaza and return some Israeli hostages. President Biden celebrated the news of the deal in comments at the White House, though it still has to be ratified by Israel’s government. The ceasefire is set to go into effect Sunday, but it doesn’t guarantee a permanent end to the war. Ultimately, it will be up to the incoming Trump administration to make sure both parties uphold their end of the agreement. Crooked’s Tommy Vietor, co-host of ‘Pod Save the World,’ explains what happens now.
And in headlines: Confirmation hearings continued for President-elect Donald Trump’s clown car of a cabinet, South Korean officials apprehended and detained the country’s impeached president, and the Supreme Court signaled it might be OK with a Texas law requiring age verification to view online porn.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, January 16th. |
| 0:04.6 | I'm Erin Ryan, filling in for Jane Koston, and this is What a Day, the show asking, |
| 0:09.6 | if we can't even trust gay disco legends, the village people not to perform at Trump's inauguration, |
| 0:14.2 | who can we trust? |
| 0:15.6 | YMCA used to mean something. On today's show, confirmation hearings for Trump's clown car of a cabinet |
| 0:31.7 | continue. And the Supreme Court considers a First Amendment case that could leave Texans |
| 0:36.1 | with some extra free time. |
| 0:38.6 | There are so many above-the-fold headlines today that in order for all of it to fit on a |
| 0:42.3 | physical newspaper, they'd have to either make the font really small or the paper really big. |
| 0:46.5 | But let's start with the biggest headline on a day of headlines. A temporary deal between |
| 0:50.7 | Hamas and Israel. The 42-day deal involves the release of hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza, |
| 0:56.5 | and it puts a pause on the 15-month war. President Biden spoke about the deal at the White House on |
| 1:01.4 | Wednesday, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. |
| 1:06.4 | As at long last, I can announce a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached between Israel |
| 1:14.0 | and Amas. |
| 1:15.4 | The Israeli government is expected to vote on whether or not to ratify the deal on Thursday |
| 1:19.7 | morning. |
| 1:20.4 | But as news traveled, war-weary Ghazans celebrated what might be the light at the end of a very |
| 1:25.8 | long dark tunnel. |
| 1:26.8 | Alaw, Oswald! what might be the light at the end of a very long dark tunnel. |
| 1:36.3 | Some Palestinian kids celebrated when they heard the news. |
| 1:48.9 | Hearing that really brings home how affected they were by all of this. By now, most of us are familiar with the Israel-Hamas war by the numbers. Fighting began shortly after Hamas' surprise |
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