Palestinian commentator (via NYT):
And yet amid this devastation a narrow window has opened that allows life, challenging though it is, to begin again.
That window was opened, in large part, by President Trump. His intervention, forceful and unconventional, brought the parties to a cease-fire agreement that many had thought impossible. In a region exhausted by endless conflict, that act alone deserves recognition.
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Two million human beings trapped between despair and survival have long needed a leader, any leader, who could break the cycle of vengeance. Mr. Trump did that. He may have divided opinion around the world for his other actions, but in this moment in the Middle East he united many here into believing in the possibility of life over death.
