so palestinian prisoners, which is expected on saturday as part of the gaza ceasefire deal. phyllis ben is a fellow of the institute for policy studies in washington dc. she's also the author of understanding palestine and israel. she says the ceasefire is in a franchise state. i don't know that we're even going to make it through the 6 weeks of phase one, which was to include the release of about half of the remaining hostages, the release of hundreds of palestinian prisoners that are being and legally held inside israel, as well as allowing in massive amounts of humanitarian aid, and it's not at all clear that that's going to survive. the ceasefire depends on and agreement. and other things that in phase is 2 and 3. there will be discussions about continuing the ceasefire as a permanent reality ending the war. and that has been from the beginning a palestinian demand for the uh, for the cease fire negotiation. it was a major concession when they agreed to sign off on the cease fire with the agreement only that there would be further negotiations towards making it permanent, rather tha