My 'Come to Jesus' Moment with Haviv

Call Me Back - with Dan Senor

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Society, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Israel, News Commentary, News, Politics, Elections, Palestine, Dan Senor, Government

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

As Ramadan begins, many analysts are speculating on what this means for Israel’s coming military operation in Rafah. There is a threat from Hamas to deter a Rafah operation. There is a threat from the Biden administration seemingly designed to encourage Israeli’s War Cabinet to re-think the operation. Are these real threats? How does Israel evaluate these threats? This is what we unpack in our weekly check-in with Haviv Rettig Gur. Then we discuss whether President Biden is beginning a turn against Israel. Is it real or is it performative? Is there a difference? What are the implications?

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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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