A New Boiling Point in the Mideast
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Tensions reached a new high today in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Does the abandonment of a peace process mean more violence ahead? Can the US do anything to relieve the tensions?
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.3 | A boiling point in the Mideast. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm Barbara Bogave sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:18.6 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:21.6 | Tensions reached a new high today in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. |
| 0:26.0 | Israel is mobilizing troops on the border of the Gaza Strip. |
| 0:28.9 | Meanwhile, Hamas has been firing rockets into southern Israel. |
| 0:32.2 | This military confrontation comes in the wake of four lurid deaths of teenagers. |
| 0:36.7 | Children caught in a spiral of recriminations and political maneuvering, |
| 0:40.5 | which have sparked the worst violence in Jerusalem in years. |
| 0:44.3 | Does the abandonment of a peace process mean more violence ahead? |
| 0:47.2 | Can the U.S. do anything to relieve the tensions? |
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| 1:27.1 | We're back with To the Point. I'm Barbara Bogave, in for Warren Alney. |
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