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Ex-U.S. Diplomat Robert Malley on Gaza Ceasefire & U.S. Double Standards on Israel

2025-10-23 News & Politics
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Assessing Gaza Ceasefire Stability and Historical Policy Failures with Robert Mali

Gain expert insight into the fragile first stage of the Gaza ceasefire and analyze why decades of US policy failed to prevent the current conflict cycle.

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  • Phase one of the US-brokered ceasefire appears to have successfully halted most recent bloodshed and facilitated prisoner releases.
  • The proposed second phase, including Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawal, faces significant obstacles due to the plan's vagueness and mutual opposition to third-party forces.
  • Robert Mali argues that neither the October 7th attack nor Israel's response were "anomalous," stemming instead from a deeply flawed, historically continuous peace process framework.
  • US policy consistently prioritized maintaining alignment with Israel, often overlooking settlement expansion while penalizing Palestinian unilateral actions, creating a double standard. This discussion features former senior Middle East official Robert Mali analyzing the immediate status of the Gaza ceasefire and placing current events within the broader, often paradoxical, history of US diplomatic engagement in the region. Listeners receive a critical assessment of the feasibility of implementing the current plan’s detailed phases.

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Top Comments (10)

@geraldneville2733 2025-10-23

Stop providing arms and ammunition to Israel.

90 14 replies
@l23918 2025-10-23

Can't fool me, the widow who donated to Trump asked for West Bank and Marco Rubio. 82 percent of West Bank already annexed with 700k illegal settlements Don't fool us Vance!!

79 28 replies
@endlessadventure541 2025-10-23

Amy, STOp saying Palestinian prisoners! They are also hostages.

50 11 replies
@kindwordsfromafriend 2025-10-23

Dismantle the genocidal regime

43 9 replies
@tehreemamitha8524 2025-10-23

You cannot compare the frustration and anger of the Palestinians who have been brutally treated for 77 years with the Genocidal reaction of ruling apartheid occupation to one attack. That is just disgraceful!

41 5 replies
@whoami-o4y9y 2025-10-23

Gaza ceasefire is falling apart....again.....I have no faith in Trump or Israel....

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@monnajoyan463 2025-10-24

Who in the world trust genociders and enabler of this genocide US about peace review 76yrs history!

10 1 replies
@overlordmin2280 2025-10-23

This is the first I’ve heard a scholar say the most obvious (to me) point that rebuilding so Israel can destroy with impunity shouldn’t make sense to anyone.

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@KamongHarahap 2025-10-23

Send as many peacekeeping troops as possible to Palestine

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@kilius5907 2025-10-27

In all this awful reality, Robert Malley is one of the very few who has the guts and balls to tell it like it is

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