This week on ROPESCAST, Ibrahim Abu-Ahmad and Ksenia Svetlova speak with Joseph Fisher, an international expert in tourism.

They discuss the possible rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the fast pace of development in the Kingdom, Gulf politics and the recent reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

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In the first episode of ROPESCAST Ibrahim Abu-Ahmad and Ksenia Svetlova discuss their journey inside the Middle East.

Nazareth-born Ibrahim and Moscow-born Ksenia were in Cairo during the dramatic events of the Arab springs, he - as a student, she - as a TV reporter.

They revisit this event and its meaning to the region, discuss the Abraham accords and the current phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a promo of the future episodes of ROPESCAST.

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