US president Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu after the announcement of a US-backed peace proposal for Gaza. Photograph: EPA
The world is still waiting for the Hamas response to the Gaza ceasefire plan, outlined by US president Donald Trump at a White House press conference on Monday night.
The 20-point document, drawn up after intensive contacts with Israel officials and Arab mediators, is purposely vague, allowing the different parties to interpret the clauses in a manner acceptable to their own domestic constituencies.
But the policy of deliberate ambiguity could create pitfalls moving forwar
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