00:00I mean, some of the Israeli guests we've spoken to have suggested that the Israeli Prime Minister really didn't want this deal.
00:06He had it sort of rather forced upon him.
00:09Do you think there was an element of that on the Palestinian side?
00:12Or do you think, by and large, on the Palestinian side, everyone did want a deal?
00:16No, I think this holds true for the Palestinian side, specifically for Hamas.
00:21Hamas did not want this deal.
00:23If you look at what Hamas was asking for just a few weeks ago, full Israeli withdrawal, etc., they did not get that.
00:29However, I think what was special here is the U.S. pushed Netanyahu to accept what he was unwilling to accept before, and the Arab countries pushed Hamas.
00:40That's why you need constant engagement by the guarantors, because both sides have reasons to kind of not stick to the ceasefire.
00:47Unless the pressure is maintained, I fear that we might end up with a backsliding.
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