#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