Amanpour: Robi Damelin, Bassam Aramin, Matthew McConaughey and Jory Fleming

Amanpour

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket fire continue to volley back and forth, correspondent Ben Wedeman joins Christiane Amanpour from Jerusalem to discuss this worsening conflict in the Middle East. Israeli mother Robi Damelin and Palestinian father Bassam Aramin, who each lost a child in the conflict, discuss forgiveness and the path to peace. Turning to America, Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey speaks about his memoir "Greenlights" and his three decade career in Hollywood. Then an insight into living with autism, Walter Isaacson speaks to Jory Fleming, author of "How to Be Human: An Autistic Man's Guide to Life," about the profound value of what some consider a disability. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	The victims of violence, Israeli Robbie Damlin and Palestinian Basam Arameen
0:18.1	share their devastating stories of losing a child and why they are working together for peace.
0:24.0	Then...
0:25.0	Mm-hmm.
0:27.0	Come on.
0:28.0	Mm-hmm.
0:30.0	Mega star Matthew McConaughey Mee
0:38.0	Meconah hey takes his talents off screen and onto paper, writing green lights, a collection of personal stories.
0:41.0	Plus, I see value in myself and I hope others see value in me.
0:46.4	Road scholar Jory Fleming gives Walter Isickson a glimpse into his mind with his new
0:50.9	book How to be Human and Autistic Man's Guide to Life. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Montpur in London as international mediators keep
1:15.0	trying to figure out a way to end the surging Middle East war Israeli airstrikes
1:20.0	and Hamas rocket fire continue to volley back and forth and the death toll keeps climbing.
1:25.6	Israel says eight of its citizens are now dead including a child,
1:29.8	while Palestinian officials say at least 122 of their people have been killed in Gaza,
1:35.7	including 31 children.
1:38.0	Here's correspondent Awa Damon on the heavy loss of life among the very youngest in that blockaded Gaza Strip.
1:45.0	A sister unable to comprehend the loss. A father gripped by gut-wrenching pain, a family
1:58.2	unable to understand why. Why did 11-year-old Hussein Hamad have to die?
2:05.0	A Palestinian children's rights organization says the cause of death is unclear.
2:10.0	There were both rockets being fired and warplanes overhead. The Health Ministry in Gaza says it was
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