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Israel just threw another wrench in the peace process — and possibly doomed the last hostages

JL;DR SUMMARY Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent demand for Hamas to fully disarm before a ceasefire throws a wrench into the already fraught peace process. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasPalestiniansPeace ProcessNetanyahuCeasefireHostagesGaza ConflictDisarmamentMiddle East Militias

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"A person holds a sign that reads kidnapped by Hamas, hostages by Israels government during a rally in Tel Avivs Hostage Square on April 5."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come up with a new seemingly reasonable but actually impractical demand engineered to prolong the war in Gaza: that Hamas fully disarm before any new ceasefire can be reached."
Lebanon
"The most notable example of a militia in the Middle East laying down its weapons is the Lebanese Forces, a Christian militia that disarmed after Lebanons civil war ended in 1990, complying with the Taif Agreement and transitioning into a political party."

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