Gaza's global fault‑line: How state recognition, sanctions, public pressure seek to resolve conflict

As the war in Gaza rages on, a new 21-point “plan” is being framed as a step toward peace. But is it less about ending the brutal two-year conflict and more about reclaiming the narrative and political advantage, as suggests Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies & International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. A real peace deal was recently presented, supported by the US and Hamas, rejected outright by Benjamin Netanyahu. Professor Lucas pulls back the curtain on a war of narratives, ideology and territory. What exactly is being negotiated?