The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is still new and fragile, but the arguments over who should get credit for it — or who should be blamed for it taking so long to achieve — are already heated.

Was recent pressure from President Donald Trump on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decisive? Or was it Trump’s support for Netanyahu’s resumption of the war earlier this year that mattered, because it forced Hamas to concede more?

Alternatively, has Hamas been completely willing to make a deal like this for a year or more — meaning Israel was the main holdout? Or did newly intense pressure on Hamas from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey in recent days spur the group into making new concessions?

Does the new ceasefire implicate President Joe Biden for not pushing Netanyahu hard enough? Or is

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