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Yes, we're talking about the weird politics of cease-fire negotiations

Aug 21, 2024

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Screenshots from two August 20 articles around the latest failure of cease-fire talks; the first, from AP, discusses Blinken's return from the Mideast without progress, while the second, from Jerusalem Post, has Netanyahu explaining why the hostages aren't top priority.

I feel like I should have written about this topic sooner, but the praxis of diplomacy is not easy, so it’s taken some time to find the right way to make this approachable to everyday people who are still struggling to make sense of legacy news media.

(Also, I didn’t quite finish this yesterday, so Tough Times Tuesday is rolling into Wednesday. We’ll sti…

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