Socialist Alliance welcomes the ceasefire agreement, declared on January 16, between Hamas and Israel.

Whether the ceasefire agreement will hold up until its final phrase will, to a large extent, depend on whether the global pro-Palestine movement maintains its pressure on governments to force Israel to comply.

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Israel has already reneged on parts of the early phase, including bombing raids on the West Bank in which a two-year-old was among those killed in Balata refugee camp.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared he is prepared to continue the war in Gaza depending on how he deems talks on the second phrase proceed.

The newly-inaugurated Donald Trump administration’s pressure on Israel to agree to the ceasefire........

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