Ceasefire deal emerges, but peace may be far off

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Officials from Hamas and Israel have come together on the initial framework of a ceasefire agreement. In the first phase, Israeli and Palestinian hostages will be released next week. Other details, such as disarmament of Hamas, governance of Palestine, and the removal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip remain to be seen. President Trump celebrated the agreement and pronounced “lasting peace” in the Middle East, but is that premature?

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0:00.0	Welcome to left, right and center, everyone. I'm David Green.
0:07.8	Those are the sounds of celebrations in Gaza, right after a deal took hold between Israel and Hamas
0:14.9	that appears to offer the best hope yet to end the conflict in Gaza.
0:19.9	This deal, brokered with help from President Trump and his
0:22.3	advisors involves the release of all remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas, also the return
0:27.7	of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Both sides have also agreed to the first phase of a
0:33.8	ceasefire. This past week, we should say, was the two-year anniversary of an attack by Hamas
0:39.0	on Israel that killed some 1,200 people. Israel, of course, responded with a military campaign
0:44.0	that the Gaza Health Ministry says has killed 67,000 people and caused widespread destruction.
0:50.9	President Trump had been facing criticism for not keeping his promise to end wars around the world.
0:57.2	He recently had been investing a lot of political capital in finding a deal here.
1:01.9	Last week, the president shared a 20-point outline that he sent to negotiators from Hamas and Israel.
1:08.1	They included a timeline for the return of hostages, also the removal of
1:12.1	Hamas from governance of the Gaza Strip, also disarmament of Hamas and the introduction of an
1:17.2	international security force, also a board of peace that would be headed by President Trump
1:22.6	and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. I want to consider the implications of this moment with Moalathie on the left.
1:29.5	He's executive director at Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service.
1:33.4	He used to be communications director for the Democratic National Committee.
1:36.8	And we have Will Swainback in studio here in Santa Monica, California.
1:41.0	On the right, Will is co-host of National Review's Radio Free California podcast,
1:45.5	and he's the president of the California Policy Center. Will, good to have you back, Mo.
1:50.2	I feel bad that you're not here with us, but we are thinking of you in D.C. Let's just say that.
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