Biden plans final Middle East ceasefire push, but will leaders ignore him?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Palestinian Authority officials said that they expected to be working with Biden aides right up to when Trump takes office.
46% : Laura Blumenfeld, a Middle East analyst at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies in Washington, predicted that ahead of Trump's inauguration, Netanyahu would make a limited effort to meet Biden's demands on Gaza aid but would also be mindful of what he needs to do to placate Trump.
44% : As the world watched the US election on Tuesday, Netanyahu -- who left little doubt as to his preference for Trump and hailed his win as "historic" -- sacked his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, depriving the Biden administration of one of its favored Israeli partners.
44% : When asked about the view that the Biden administration's leverage had eroded post-election, a White House National Security Council spokesperson said: "I'm not going to speculate on hypotheticals."Waiting for TrumpNetanyahu and his allies celebrated the election of Trump, a staunch but sometimes unpredictable ally of Israel, hoping that the Republican president, who in his first term delivered major wins for the Israeli leader, would support Israel unconditionally.
42% : Trump has strongly backed Netanyahu's goal of destroying Hamas but has also called for Israel to finish the job quickly.
35% : In his victory speech, Trump said: "I'm not going to start a war.
32% : "Netanyahu knows that Trump will give him carte blanche to carry out his plans, so he is just biding his time," said Brett Bruen, a former foreign policy adviser in the Obama administration.
30% : Trump has promised to bring peace to the Middle East but has not said how.
27% : "Some analysts believe Trump may give Netanyahu a freer hand to act against Iran and its proxies.
16% : Hamas urged Trump to "learn from Biden's mistakes," and Hezbollah said it did not hold out much hope for a shift in US policy away from support for Israel.

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