Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza is a victory for Trump

“WE HAVE A DEAL,” US President-elect Donald Trump said on his social media channel Truth Social as Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas agreed to a ceasefire on Wednesday. He will get much of the credit if this marks the end of what has been a brutal war – and he will deserve it.

It is not that he or his foreign policy team have come up with a new solution. As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to highlight in an unveiling speech at Washington’s Atlantic Council on Tuesday, the deal on offer appears to have changed very little since its last-minute rejection by Israel months ago.