Laura Blumenfeld

senior analyst at Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies

Laura Blumenfeld on KCRW

With roughly two dozen hostages still alive, the Gaza ceasefire is in trouble. How is Trump impacting the negotiations?

Gaza ceasefire is in its most delicate moment. Enter Donald Trump

With roughly two dozen hostages still alive, the Gaza ceasefire is in trouble. How is Trump impacting the negotiations?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Both the outgoing and incoming White House administrations played a role in negotiating, and applying necessary pressure, for a ceasefire and hostage release deal.

After 15 brutal months, a deal to end the war in Gaza

Both the outgoing and incoming White House administrations played a role in negotiating, and applying necessary pressure, for a ceasefire and hostage release deal.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Israelis took to the streets to protest the deaths of six hostages kidnapped by Hamas. How does this growing pressure change the calculus for Netanyahu and the U.S.?

Israeli citizens demand hostage deal in protest

Israelis took to the streets to protest the deaths of six hostages kidnapped by Hamas. How does this growing pressure change the calculus for Netanyahu and the U.S.?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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