Too late for diplomacy? The scramble to revive Middle East mediation efforts

We ask about Rishi Sunak visiting Israel after Joe Biden, the king of Jordan traveling to Egypt and the German defence minister landing in Lebanon. So many peace efforts have failed over the past three decades that the international community grew tired of trying, instead hoping that Israel's US-brokered normalisation of ties with Arab states would induce a trickle-down positive effect on the Palestinians.

Who brokers a path to real reconciliation? Hamas may be crushed militarily, but not its ideology. So who to negotiate with on the Palestinian side? And what about Israel, whose sitting prime minister pandered to Jewish far-right settlers intent on subjugating the West Bank? How to break this deadly cycle of hate?

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Juliette Laurain and Louise Guibert.

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