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🗓️ 12 March 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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0:00.0 | President Biden knows that one of the low points of his administration was how badly the |
0:05.2 | Afghanistan withdrawal went. |
0:07.2 | You know, I have been bullish on Biden from the beginning and some people are telling |
0:11.0 | me now that maybe you need to reconsider that. |
0:14.0 | I don't think Biden thinks that it's a serious thing to say to the Israelis, |
0:18.0 | have your own Taliban retaking Afghanistan moment. |
0:21.0 | That is not something I think that Biden seriously is asking Israelis to do. It is 6 o'clock p.m. on Monday, March 11th here in Washington DC where I am. |
0:40.0 | It is 6 PM in Israel. |
0:43.1 | Ramadan is here. |
0:45.6 | The question is, what does this mean for Israel's coming military operation in Raffa? |
0:52.4 | There is a threat from Hamas to deter such an operation. |
0:55.1 | There is also a threat from the Biden administration to discourage or at least get |
1:01.0 | Israel to rethink the operation. |
1:03.4 | Are these real threats or just bluffs? |
1:07.3 | How does Israel evaluate these threats? |
1:10.2 | These are some of the topics and questions I unpack in my weekly check-in with |
1:14.3 | Aviv Rettigur. Then, Aviv and I actually wound up getting into a heated |
1:19.7 | conversation about whether President Biden is beginning his turn against Israel. |
1:25.6 | Is it a real turn? |
1:27.4 | Or is it just performative for purposes of domestic U.S. politics? |
1:32.2 | And is there actually a difference as it relates to the impact on Israel |
1:37.0 | and also on the American Jewish community? What are the implications of all of this? |
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