Why a truce could endanger Netanyahu's political survival | DW News

International mediators are calling on both Israel and Hamas to agree to a cease-fire proposal put forward by US President Joe Biden. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under intense domestic pressure. Some want him to reach a truce and secure the immediate release of hostages taken by Hamas during their October 7th terror attack. But Netanyahu's far-right allies are threatening to bring down the government if he does so.

00:00 Intro and report
02:09 DW's Rebecca Ritters reports from Jerusalem
05:38 DW speaks with Yossi Mekelberg from the Middle East and North Africa Programme of the think tank Chatham House

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