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  • Feb 20, 2024
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IN GAZA, PEACE PROSPECTS REMAIN DISTANT

Why in the news?

  • Efforts to establish peace in Gaza intensified as the conflict approached its fifth month.
  • Key players including intelligence officials from the U.S. and Israel, along with counterparts from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, convened to address the crisis.
source:EI

Highlighting Proposed Peace Plans in Gaza:

  • Paris talks yielded a two-month ceasefire proposal.
  • Hamas suggested a 135-day truce with staged hostage releases and increased aid flow.
  • Israeli PM Netanyahu rejected these, prioritizing “total victory.”
Emergence of Hamas

·  1987: Founding of Hamas, a violent offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood seeking to fulfill its agenda through violent jihad.

·   Hamas- It is regarded as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.

·   In 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian Authority’s legislative elections. It ejected Fatah from Gaza in 2007, splitting the Palestinian movement geographically, as well.