Biden’s Gaza Dilemmas, 80 Years Since D-Day, Mexico’s Milestone Election, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

4.6 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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U.S. President Joe Biden faces increasing international and domestic pressures on his policy toward the Israel-Hamas war amid worsening humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip; Western leaders commemorate the eightieth anniversary of D-Day with Russia’s war in Ukraine front of mind; Mexico holds massive general elections that are likely to usher in the country’s first woman president; and North Korea tests new satellite and missiles. Mentioned on the Podcast “Mexico’s Next President Can Reset Relations With the United States,” The Economist Shannon K. O'Neil, The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter Eli Stokols and Alexander Ward, “White House Not Thrilled by Macron’s D-Day Invite to Russia,” Politico Sue Mi Terry, “The Coming North Korean Crisis,” Foreign Affairs For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The World Next Week at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/bidens-gaza-dilemmas-80-years-d-day-mexicos-milestone-election-and-more

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0:00.0	In the coming week, the Biden administration faces increasing pressure over its Gaza policy.
0:06.0	Western leaders commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and Mexico prepares to elect its first female president.
0:12.0	It's May 30th, 20, 24 in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.
0:28.2	And I'm Carly and Robbins.
0:29.9	Carla, let's start in Gaza.
0:31.8	On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that the U.S.-built pier that had been set up supposedly
0:36.9	to deliver humanitarian aid
0:38.5	to Gaza had become inoperable due to damage from heavy seas. And with the suspension of this
0:44.3	pier, the closing of the rafa crossing, humanitarian officials are warning of a collapse,
0:49.3	essentially, in the enclave where people are already in a very treacherous state. On top of the urgency
0:56.1	of this situation, the recent Israeli strike on tent camps in Rafah that was targeting Hamas
1:02.0	officials but also killed a number of civilians, has added international scrutiny to what
1:07.6	had already been scrutiny of U.S. support for Israel. There's new estimation from Israeli officials that this campaign is going on through the end of the year.
1:15.6	So how is the Biden administration looking to deal with all of these challenges?
1:20.6	Who knows? This is just so grim-up.
1:24.6	The story of the peer is one more reminder of how incredibly difficult and heart-rending
1:30.3	this situation is. President Biden first announced during the State of the Union in March that the
1:35.6	U.S. was going to build this pier to try to relieve some of the hunger in Gaza. The Pentagon was surprised
1:41.4	and really skeptical. Not so much because the technical challenges
1:44.7	involved.
1:45.7	The U.S. has done similar projects for humanitarian relief in Haiti, in Somalia, and in Kuwait.
1:51.2	But what worried Pentagon officials at the time, and others, is what would happen to the
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