Isalute President Donald Trump for his determined leadership in stopping the war in Gaza and bringing home the remaining hostages. His victory lap around the Middle East and enthusiastic reception in Israel was well deserved.

He was able to do what former President Joe Biden could not do earlier with a similar ceasefire plan. He brought to the task a force of personality, uncharacteristic flexibility and skill, determination to burnish his peacemaker credentials, a unified party not riddled with competing views on Israel, and the ability to bully Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into defying his extremist collation partners and abandoning his demands for total victory.

Despite those undeniable achievements, history suggest this may be no more than another ceasefire in a seemingl

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