Alison Sargent welcomes Simon Mabon, Professor of Worldwide Politics and Center East Research at Lancaster College. Professor Simon Mabon expresses each reduction and warning in assessing the current ceasefire deal for Gaza. Within the brief time period, he sees a significant humanitarian breakthrough: hostages returning, support coming into, and a cessation of killing. However in the long run, he doubts the viability of the structure of a roadmap to peace and a two-state resolution. The draft plan is riddled with ambiguities over disarmament, governance of Gaza, and the eventual position of the Palestinian Authority. And there’s no clear path to statehood. He underscores that Donald Trump’s character and diplomatic connections performed a catalytic position, however warns that structural obstacles, inside Israeli politics, spoilers, and competing regional ambitions will check whether or not this fragile truce turns into a basis for any type of lasting order.
The structure of ambiguity: Is the Gaza plan a peace deal or a roadmap to nowhere?
By Emily Turner
