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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/15/if-hamas-accept-a-ceasefire-it-wont-be-because-of-biden/
Is a Gaza Ceasefire Part of a Wider Strategy?
(Telegraph-UK) Col. Richard Kemp - A ceasefire in Gaza may be one part of a wider strategy for the Middle East already agreed between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President-elect Trump. A primary objective is undoubtedly to destroy Iran's nuclear program, which represents an existential danger to Israel and threatens the Middle East and the world. It looks unlikely that Trump would send in U.S. forces for this mission, but that isn't strictly necessary. What is needed is for the U.S. to give Israel the military assistance and diplomatic cover it requires, which Biden refused to do. The writer, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, was chairman of the UK's national crisis management committee, COBRA.