Did Trump Guarantee a Permanent Cease-Fire in Gaza?

<![CDATA[So says the Times of Israel, based on reports coming from renewed negotiations for exchanging hostages for a pause in fighting. Israel and the US have returned to talks in Qatar and with other regional powers to find a way to end the crisis in Gaza and -- most importantly -- to ensure that it's the last such existential crisis that Israel has to face. Benjamin Netanyahu has made that demand very clear, especially in regard to Gaza, insisting that he will not stop the war until a return to "Hamastan" is impossible. ]]>