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Recorded Sunday, 1/19/25.
Israel signed a deal to release 33 hostages from Hamas in exchange for a ceasefire. What's in the deal and what is the future of the conflict in the Middle East? Yediot senior reporter Nadav Eyal joins Dispatch editorial director Adaam James Levin-Areddy to discuss the Netanyahu government, the ceasefire deal, and the day-after plans for Gaza.
00:00 Phases of Hostage Release and Ceasefire
06:33 Comparing Current Hostage Deal to the May Negotiations
07:37 Did Military Pressure Work?
10:45 Netanyahu's Coalition
16:19 The Future of Gaza and Hamas' Control
19:03 Trump's Pressure
21:39 The Moral Hazards of Negotiation
24:40 The Big Picture
38:48 The Failure of the West
44:15 The Future of the Middle East
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Adaam James Levin-Areddy is a former director of podcasts and multimedia for The Dispatch.
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