Palestine This Week: In the Middle East, peace has many enemies

The ceasefire in Gaza is teetering on the brink, as Israel continues to refuse to engage in negotiation on a second phase of the deal, while in Syria unrest has broken out in the between Allawite forces and the government's security personnel leading to fears that some actors are destabalising the region once again. In this week’s episode, we begin with reports that the US has engaged in direct negotiations with Hamas, bypassing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The dis...