• 18 hours ago
A phased ceasefire deal risks either side accusing the other of non-compliance, potentially leading to a resumption of fighting, the former president of the UNGA Mogens Lykketoft says.

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00:00It's going to be a phased deal, we're told, at least two phases as far as I can understand.
00:05What's your understanding of how a phased deal will work and what it will entail?
00:11Of course, the risk of a phased deal is that both parties can jump out and say all the
00:20assumed conditions are not fulfilled and the fighting is starting again. That's the risk.
00:27So we really need the whole international community to keep the parties to this agreement,
00:39to both the consent and spirit of the agreement, so that we avoid new further killings in Palestine.