Will the Gaza peace plan work?
What is the plan? And why is it happening now?
There have been in celebrations in Israel and Gaza at the announcement of a ceasefire and the beginning of a longer term plan for peace and reconstruction in Gaza.
There have been ceasefires and hostage releases before, but then the death and destruction has resumed, so why is so much more hope being invested in the current plan? And what’s actually in it?
Guests:
Rushdi Abu-a-loaf, BBC Gaza Correspondent
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London
David Makovsky, Director of the Program on Arab-Israel Relations at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy
Dr Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House.
Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Production co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele
Producers: Charlotte McDonald, Kirsteen Knight, Cordelia Hemming
Studio engineer: Dave O’Neill
Editor: Richard Vadon
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- Thu 9 Oct 202516:00BBC Radio 4
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