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

Published: Oct. 11, 2023, 8:21 p.m.

Jared Kushner is a former Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump and author of Breaking History. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\n=== Recorded on Mon, Oct 9 ===
\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(07:02) - Hamas attack on Israel
\n(09:55) - Response to attack
\n(16:14) - History of Hamas
\n(18:54) - Iran
\n(20:41) - Al-Aqsa Mosque
\n(27:06) - Abraham Accords
\n(36:00) - Trump vs Biden on Middle East
\n(45:00) - Israeli-Saudi Normalization
\n(49:12) - How the Israel-Gaza war ends
\n(53:29) - Benjamin Netanyahu
\n(57:06) - Palestinian support
\n=== Recorded on Thu, Oct 5 ===
\n(59:47) - Trump 2024
\n(1:03:15) - Human nature
\n(1:10:13) - Geopolitics and negotiation
\n(1:18:56) - North Korea
\n(1:27:35) - Personalities of leaders
\n(1:34:11) - Government bureaucracy
\n(1:39:56) - Accusations of collusion with Russia
\n(1:49:35) - Ivanka
\n(1:55:30) - Father
\n(2:04:13) - Money and power
\n(2:12:56) - Trust and betrayal
\n(2:21:57) - Mohammed bin Salman
\n(2:44:16) - Israeli\u2013Palestinian peace process
\n(2:58:47) - Abraham Accords and Arab-Israeli normalization
\n(3:08:53) - Donald Trump
\n(3:13:59) - War in Ukraine
\n(3:19:14) - Vladimir Putin
\n(3:26:33) - China
\n(3:44:50) - Learning process
\n(3:51:19) - Hope for the future