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U.N. backs ceasefire: Yesterday, the United Nations Security Council threw its support behind a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly said behind closed doors that he would support this ceasefire, though he has publicly made noises that contradict that commitment. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the ceasefire agreement “is down to one person”—meaning Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ leader. As I wrote in Roundup last week, the plan has three phases. “The first, which would last for six weeks, would include a ‘full and complete ceasefire’ as well…

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