Lessons from Past Israeli-Palestinian Talks for Trump’s Negotiators

Following a hypothetical ceasefire between Israel and Hamas brokered by the Trump administration in 2025, experts offer lessons from past negotiations. The failure of previous talks to provide security for either side, highlighted by the Oct. 7 attacks, underscores the difficulty of the current situation. For the next phase of talks to succeed, relentless presidential involvement is deemed essential to pressure all parties. This includes pressing regional states to push Hamas on demilitarization while also checking Israeli annexationist policies in the West Bank.