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

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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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