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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Israel and Hamas cease-fire: Biden administration helped broker a fragile peace

    A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas went into effect this morning. It was mediated by Egypt, with both sides claiming victory. After 11 days of fighting, more than 250 Palestinians and 12 Israelis are dead.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 21, 2021 • 10m Listen

    A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas went into effect this morning. It was mediated by Egypt, with both sides claiming victory. After 11 days of fighting, more than 250 Palestinians and 12 Israelis are dead. And more than 1200 have been injured in total on both sides. Will this fragile cease-fire hold? Fighting has already broken out around the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

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    1 of 4
    Indigenous US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo explores ideas of home
    1. 0:00Israel and Hamas cease-fire: Biden administration helped broker a fragile peaceYou’re reading this
    2. 10:09Tiny California town called Weed finally embraces weed
    3. 20:03US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo on what home means for Native Americans kicked off their land
    4. 34:24‘Army of the Dead’ is playful but too long, says critic
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