The first major insider's account of the high-stakes negotiations to free hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 - written in captivating detail by the American mediator who was in the room the entire timeA recently published book: “Brink of the Abyss: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages” was written by Brett McGuirk, who led the US government’s efforts to free the 251 Israeli hostages captured by Hamas on October 7 in what McGuirk describes as “the worst hostage-taking event in history.”“Five minutes later Herzog texted me saying it was war,” McGuirk goes on to write. We all know what happened after the Hamas attacks that day in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and the Gulf states, as summarized by the former British international editor of The Observer, Steve Bloomfield, when he said during an article published by the British newspaper The Guardian a few days ago that “Before October 7, there was one world, and after it another world. This is true for Gaza, for Israel, and for the broader Middle East, and it is true for everyone except those.”"Also."
Brink's book offers a riveting account of diplomacy under pressure, taking readers from the Oval Office to the centers of power in the Middle East, and offering a fascinating look at a crisis that reshaped the world, the consequences of which are still unfolding today.
