"Anatomy of a Failure”: Franklin Foer on US Mideast Diplomacy After Oct. 7

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🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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One year after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Atlantic’s Franklin Foer joins us for a look back at the U.S. role in the region since that day. His new piece “The War That Would Not End” examines the Biden administration’s efforts to release the hostages and prevent a wider war, and why they failed. We’ll also get the latest on the rapidly escalating conflict from Wall Street Journal Middle East Correspondent Jared Malsin. Guests: Franklin Foer, staff writer, The Atlantic; author of the recent piece "The War That Would Not End." His books include "The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future." Jared Malsin, Middle East correspondent, The Wall Street Journal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:31.5	Coming up on forum, one year after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel,
1:36.8	the Atlantic's Franklin Forward joins us for a look back at the U.S. role in the region since that day.
1:43.5	His new piece, The War That Would Not End,
1:46.6	examines the Biden administration's efforts to release the hostages and prevent a wider war,
1:52.4	and how and why those efforts have failed. We'll also get the latest on the rapidly escalating
1:57.8	conflict from Wall Street Journal Middle East correspondent Jared Moulson.
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