A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special: The Road to War in the Middle East

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 24 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Why has the Israeli–Palestinian conflict been so intractable for so long? Fareed talks with Palestinian scholar Ahmad Khalidi, Israeli historian Benny Morris, former US diplomat Edward Djerejian and more about the attempts, missed chances, and future prospects of establishing a lasting peace in the region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	September 13th, 1993.
0:07.0	A piece of paper, two signatures today, seen as the beginning of the end of decades of hatred, wars, and vengeance between Arabs and Jews.
0:15.0	A day that could have led to the unthinkable.
0:20.0	Peace in the Middle East, Israel and the Palestinians sign a pact on the White House lawn.
0:27.0	Supporters of the Declaration are dancing in the streets of that West Bank town of Jericho at this hour.
0:33.4	The reality changed today in the Middle East.
0:37.6	Enough of blood and tears.
0:41.6	Enough! The comprehensive peace in the Middle East happening now in Jerusalem, the scenes that took
0:49.4	place in Washington are being replayed.
0:52.3	Go in peace.
0:53.0	Go as peace makers.
0:56.0	Thank you.
0:58.0	Thank you.
0:59.0	Thank you. 30 years and one month later an unthinkable day an all-out massacre on Israeli soil
1:11.1	perpetrated by Hamas.
1:14.0	War erupts in the Middle East.
1:15.8	The attack catching Israel by surprise at sunrise.
1:19.2	Rockets poured into major cities in Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
1:24.0	It is a shocking and unprecedented escalation in the region's long history of conflict.
1:29.6	Babies slaughtered entire family's massacre, mosque unleashing pure
1:34.3	undulurated evil upon the world.
1:36.6	Israel is firing back at Hamas with strikes on cities in Gaza
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