A lot is happening in the Middle East... and nothing at all - with Nadav Eyal

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🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Share on Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/3wv3d77z As we try to make sense of the past two weeks, consider this: 1. IDF withdraws from most of the Gaza Strip while it now also appears increasingly likely that the IDF will conduct an operation in Rafah. 2. An historic Iranian attack of 300 ballistic missiles, UAVs and cruise missiles, and an historic coalition force that includes Israel, the US, UK, France, Saudi Arabia and Jordan that shot down almost all of the projectiles. 3. A week later, Israel attacks Iran. 4. A widely backed U.N. security council resolution recognizing a Palestinian state, which the US vetoed. So a lot is happening, but is Israel closer to achieving the war's objectives? To help us understand what’s going on, our guest today is NADAV EYAL, who returns to the podcast. He is a columnist for Yediot. Eyal has been covering Middle-Eastern and international politics for the last two decades for Israeli radio, print and television news.

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0:00.0	If the Iranians are not deterred, the regional power that they are, with their development of nuclear weapons,
0:06.7	then we won't be able to achieve that vision of Saudi Israeli normalization because they're going to interrupt this vision.
0:16.8	They're going to do anything in their power in order to make sure it's not going to happen.
0:21.1	In order to have this kind of normalization agreements and a new vision for Gaza.
0:26.5	And a pathway to Palestinian state, you need to keep the Iranians in check and you need to deter Tehran and if you're not willing to do both
0:36.2	a positive vision and a strong deterrence you're in the wrong region.
0:43.0	It is 4 o'clock on Sunday, April 21st here in New York
0:49.0	is 4 o'clock on Sunday April 21st here in New York City. It is 11 p.m. on Sunday April 21st in Israel
0:57.7	as we all get ready for the Pezach Passover holiday. We have reached an ambiguous stage in this war where we are seeing
1:08.3	major developments occur both in Israel, in Gaza, and in the region. And yet there seems to be a sense of uncertainty
1:19.2	in terms of what these developments actually mean and where things are going as we'll discuss today with our guest in the Davriel
1:26.6	Just look at the last couple of weeks where Israel's withdrawn most of its forces from Gaza and now it appears there's going to be a possible
1:33.6	return to Gaza and even an operation in Rafa. I know a number of people I've
1:38.9	just heard from anecdotally in the past few hours who've been called back up into service.
1:44.1	They had been in Gaza, then they were out of Gaza and back home, and now they're being called up
1:49.2	again.
1:50.2	There was an Iranian attack against Israel just one week ago and then an Israeli response one week later.
1:59.1	And there were developments at the UN Security Council with regard to a Palestinian state.
2:04.0	So a lot is happening, but then at times it feels that nothing is happening.
2:08.6	Question is, is Israel any closer to achieving its war objectives? And how have Israel and Saudi Arabia and
2:16.6	other players in the region perhaps change the environment that Iran is operating in?
2:22.1	Nadavayel on a lot is happening and nothing at all.
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