This week in power: Quiet ceasefire and city name

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

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“The threat of renewed war in Gaza loomed on Wednesday as the clock ticked toward the end of a three-day ceasefire without a sign of a breakthrough in indirect talks in Cairo between Israel and the Palestinians,” ” target=”_blank”>Ronen Bergman in The New York Times. “And even if the talks can’t pull off the improbable, at least the effort will be a little more productive than listening to Hamas demand that Israel commit national suicide by reopening the border crossings under Hamas leadership,” ” target=”_blank”>insisting they change the name, local officials did not respond favorably. “It’s absurd, this name has existed for ages,” one official said. “Of course no one means to harm the Jews.” “But seriously, as a Jew, I would really prefer they change the name also,”