#399 – Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East

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OUTLINE:
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=== Recorded on Mon, Oct 9 ===
(00:00)– Introduction
(07:02)– Hamas attack on Israel
(09:55)– Response to attack
(16:14)– History of Hamas
(18:54)– Iran
(20:41)– Al-Aqsa Mosque
(27:06)– Abraham Accords
(36:00)– Trump vs Biden on Middle East
(45:00)– Israeli-Saudi Normalization
(49:12)– How the Israel-Gaza war ends
(53:29)– Benjamin Netanyahu
(57:06)– Palestinian support
=== Recorded on Thu, Oct 5 ===
(59:47)– Trump 2024
(1:03:15)– Human nature
(1:10:13)– Geopolitics and negotiation
(1:18:56)– North Korea
(1:27:35)– Personalities of leaders
(1:34:11)– Government bureaucracy
(1:39:56)– Accusations of collusion with Russia
(1:49:35)– Ivanka
(1:55:30)– Father
(2:04:13)– Money and power
(2:12:56)– Trust and betrayal
(2:21:57)– Mohammed bin Salman
(2:44:16)– Israeli–Palestinian peace process
(2:58:47)– Abraham Accords and Arab-Israeli normalization
(3:08:53)– Donald Trump
(3:13:59)– War in Ukraine
(3:19:14)– Vladimir Putin
(3:26:33)– China
(3:44:50)– Learning process
(3:51:19)– Hope for the future