GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Context: Egypt is seeking to reach an agreement on a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas in Gaza. The Agreement includes: Long-term cease-fire, a prisoner swap, humanitarian aid to Gaza and reconstruction. - Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist political organization and militant group that has waged war on Israel since the group’s 1987 founding, most notably through suicide bombings and rocket attacks. - It seeks to replace Israel with a Palestinian state. It also governs Gaza independently...