US officials are pushing for updates to a draft ceasefire deal to get Israeli and Hamas authorities back on board and restart negotiations on its 3-step plan to release Israeli hostages, withdraw Israeli troops from Gaza, and establish a permanent ceasefire. The bit Israel and Hamas disagree on is related to what they can negotiate during the second step… Hamas wants to focus on the return of Palestinian prisoners, and Israel wants to talk about demilitarising Gaza. Reports say if Hamas agrees to the new wording, “it will allow [them] to close the deal”. Here at home, Western Australian Labor Senator Fatima Payman has been “indefinitely suspended” from the party’s caucus after saying she’d cross the floor again to vote on Palestinian statehood. She narrowly avoided punishment for doing so (and breaking party rules…) last week.