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Gaza ceasefire is Trump’s show but don’t forget the supporting cast
The US President did not deliver Gaza’s ceasefire alone – Qatar, Turkey and Egypt squeezed Hamas to accept a deal. Now comes the hard part: making it last.
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A damaged building in Doha after an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital on Sept 9.
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Even if US President Donald Trump had not travelled to Egypt for the Oct 13 ceremony sealing the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, he would still have been the star of the show.
On all sides – the two warring parties, arch domestic rivals like Hillary Clinton, world leaders who irritate him like Russian President Vladimir Putin, and governments far from the conflict including Singapore – all overwhelmingly acknowledge that this outcome would not have happened without the US President.
