Celebration – tinged with anxiousness – has broken out in parts of Israel and Gaza after the announcement of a ceasefire deal between the warring parties.
Israel has begun implementing the ceasefire deal in Gaza, after it reached an agreement with Hamas for the Palestinian militant group to release all the hostages it holds.
Crowds in both areas gathered to welcome the news, with Gaza residents heard chanting “Donald Trump! Donald Trump!”
That is not a sentence you expected to read – Gaza residents chanting Donald Trump in celebration.
The ceasefire is a huge achievement, and all credit to Trump and the others involved in making it happen. A ceasefire is not a permanent peace, but it is a vital step towards it.
I look forward to the Green Party MPs getting up in Parliament and praising Trump for delivering what they have been demanding for so long.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
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