Challenges, Opportunities, and Risks: Where Ceasefire-Hostage Release Negotiations Now Stand

Stefania Cox
By Stefania Cox
August 20, 2024NTD News Today
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East to try to push a ceasefire-hostage release deal to the finish line. He said on Monday that Israel had accepted a proposal to bridge gaps in negotiations, and urged Hamas to do the same.

NTD spoke with Aryeh Lightstone, former special envoy for the Abraham Accords and the author of “Let My People Know,” for his perspective.