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October 7th Two Years On: An Assessment

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research Center’s Khalil Shikaki and the Middle East Institute’s Natan Sachs to the future of the Israel-Hamas War as it enters its third year.

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By Aaron David Miller, Khalil Shikaki, Natan Sachs
Published on Oct 7, 2025

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As we enter the third year of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Trump administration has offered up a plan to end the war in Gaza. But can it be implemented? The goals of the Netanyahu government and Hamas seem all but irreconcilable. Meanwhile, the hostages and the Palestinian civilian population of Gaza continue to endure horrific conditions.

 How does the war end? What does the future hold for the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict and prospects for a lasting solution? And what role is there for the Trump Administration and key Arab states moving forward? 

 Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research Center’s Khalil Shikaki and the Middle East Institute’s Natan Sachs to discuss these and other issues on the next Carnegie Connects. 

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Aaron David Miller
Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program
Aaron David Miller

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Khalil Shikaki
Director, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research
Khalil Shikaki
Natan Sachs

Natan Sachs is the director of the Brookings Institution‘s Center for Middle East Policy in Washington, DC. He publishes widely on Middle Eastern affairs, Israel's foreign policy, and Israeli domestic politics, and he is a frequent media commentator on these issues. Sachs has taught at Georgetown University and was a Hewlett Fellow at Stanford University, a visiting fellow at Tel Aviv University’s Dayan Center, and a Fulbright Fellow in Indonesia. He holds a B.A. from the Amirim Honors Program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University.

Natan Sachs

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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