While negotiations for the release of the Israeli hostages are underway, international pressure is mounting for an end to hostilities in Gaza and for the start of negotiations for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The BRICS nations held discussions to discuss the Israel-Hamas conflict during an extraordinary online summit. In this interview with the Italian outlet Il Domani D’Italia, SAIIA’s African Governance and Diplomacy Programme Head, Steven Gruzd, said the final unitary synthesis by the bloc seemed ‘moderate and somewhat balanced’.
