mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
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Paying up perhaps in terms of extending phase 1, but there’s absolutely no indication yet of any US will to push for a more permanent end of conflict.
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But a collapse of the ceasefire and the resumption of war is hardly the optimal outcome for an administration purportedly wanting to shift resources out of the region.
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Not exactly. The track record was very mixed actually. And some were genuinely committed to democratic transition despite the initial ascendancy of the MB. It was a real litmus test to differentiate those that instrumentalized democratic discourse and those that believed it.
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Trump perhaps unintentionally revealing: “It is a big pile of rubble right now. I don’t know how they could want to stay. It’s a demolition site. It’s a pure demolition site.”
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Our briefing from last year gives further background on Egypt’s thinking about Gaza and the prospects of displacement.
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