Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity scene that was crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. The Nativity scene caused controversy because it featured baby Jesus in a keffiyeh. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Historian Oren Cahanovitc explains why some of the rhetoric and propaganda about the cease fire and prisoner exchanges paint unreliable pict