Biden's Bibi Problem - with Nadav Eyal

Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

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🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On October 6th of last year there was a long-standing ceasefire in place between Israel and Hamas. On October 7th, Hamas launched a massive war against Israel. Israel responded to this war that Hamas launched. Wars are violent. In all wars, civilians tragically get killed in the crossfire. What is unique about this war is how Hamas has used violence against civilians – Israeli civilians and Palestinian civilians -- as core to its war-fighting strategy. What is unique to this war is how Hamas has built a 300-plus mile tunnel system underground to protect Hamas leadership and fighters while it set up its own civilian population to suffer. What is also unique about this war is the lengths the IDF has gone to telegraph so many of its operations so Palestinian civilians can re-locate in advance of those operations. This is the reality of this war. And, yet, the Biden administration has supported Israel in this war from Day 1. Israel articulated its objectives in this war. The Biden administration made clear it supported Israel in pursuit of those objectives. But suddenly, the Biden administration and some of its allies on Capitol Hill are excoriating Israel's government. In fact, they are calling for the toppling of Israel’s leaders in the middle of this war. Well, as Minister Benny Gantz said on Friday, “ Israel is a strong democracy, and only its citizens will determine its leadership and future. Any external intervention is unacceptable.” How does this shifting US-Israel relationship impact actual events on the ground? The actual things that matter in this war -- the hostage negotiations, the debate about a day-after plan for Gaza, and the coming operation in Rafah, to name a few. To help us understand what’s going on here,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	Hamas feels that the wind is going to its direction, that they're optimistic about the war,
0:07.1	and one of the reasons for that, to be frank, is the way that the international community
0:12.0	and mainly the US has been treating Israel.
0:15.7	What they've been doing in the last three weeks is criticizing the government, attacking
0:21.1	Israeli policy, giving the impression maybe the Israel cannot win this war against Hamas,
0:26.8	and this has major optimism within Hamas and jihadi elements, and there's absolutely no doubt about that. It's 11 PM on Sunday, March 17th in New York City. It's 5 a.m. on Israel, on Monday, March 18th in Israel as Israelis get ready to start their day.
0:57.2	On October 6th of last year, there was a long-standing ceasefire in place between Israel and Hamas.
1:06.0	On October 7th, Hamas ended that ceasefire and launched a massive war against Israel. Israel responded to this war that Hamas launched. Wars are violent.
1:19.4	Even defensive wars, like the one Israel is fighting are violent and in all wars civilians
1:26.6	tragically get killed in the crossfire. What is unique about this war is how Hamas has used violence against civilians,
1:36.6	Israeli civilians, and Palestinian civilians, as core to its war fighting strategy.
1:44.0	What is unique to this war is how Hamas has built a 300-plus mile tunnel system
1:50.0	underground for Hamas leadership and Hamas fighters to hide while it sets up its own
1:55.8	civilian population to suffer part of the human catastrophe of this war.
2:02.3	What is also unique about this war.
2:02.7	What is also unique about this war is the lengths the IDF has gone to to telegraph so many of its
2:09.2	operations to Palestinian civilians, so those Palestinian civilians can relocate in advance of those operations,
2:17.4	often compromising the maximum effectiveness of the IDF operations. These are some of the realities of this war and
2:27.4	yet here in the United States the Biden administration has supported Israel in
2:32.2	this war from day one.
2:35.0	Israel articulated its objectives in this defensive war they were forced to fight.
2:40.7	And the Biden administration made clear it supported Israel in pursuit of those objectives.
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