Arab governments emphasized this week that a main cause of instability in the region — the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict — must be resolved.

It’s not just a diminished Iran and its impact on Hamas that gives hostage families hope. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, riding a wave of public support for the Iran war and its achievements, could feel he has more space to move toward ending the war in Gaza, something his far-right governing partners oppose.

During the high-stakes NATO summit in The Hague, US President Donald Trump hailed the recent American-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Iran as a monumental diplomatic success, asserting that it may soon open the door to a similar breakthrough in Gaza.