Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as “the beginning of a new path” but it’s not at all clear where it will lead the Israeli prime minister himself.

The peace plan agreed last week “delivered a jubilant moment in one of the darkest periods of the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians” but, for Netanyahu, it could be “the poison pill” that spells his downfall, said the Los Angeles Times .

What did the commentators say?

“To a greater extent than most, this war has been tied to the political fortunes of one leader,” said Joshua Keating in Vox . Netanyahu’s political opponents, and the families of hostages, have repeatedly alleged that he was deliberately prolonging the war in order to maintain his grip on power and delay a long-runn

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