Breakthrough in Gaza Talks Looks Far Off, U.S. Officials Admit

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

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A.M. Edition for Sept. 20. Behind closed doors, senior U.S. officials acknowledge they don’t expect Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement before the end of President Biden’s term. The WSJ’s Anat Peled says after months of talks, the mood among negotiating parties is gloomy. Plus, Nike’s CEO ends a five-year tenure marked by a series of missteps. And, the WSJ’s Laurence Norman explains how European countries are trying to balance a tougher approach on immigration with a need for workers to power their economies. Azhar Sukri hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	US officials privately acknowledge that an Israel Hamas cease deal looks out of reach for Biden.
0:26.0	Plus, Nike's CEO is ending a rocky tenure, and European countries scramble to address an anti-immigration backlash.
0:36.0	There is a debate about what kind of immigration is helpful economically and what kind of immigration might be making Europe's
0:45.4	economic problems worse.
0:47.4	It's Friday, September the 20th, I'm Azhar Sukri for the Wall Street Journal
0:52.4	filling in for Luke Vargas.
0:54.6	Here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:01.5	Last night. moving your world today.
1:03.0	Last night Journal reporter Michael Gordon was telling our colleagues on the PM
1:09.3	edition of What's News that the Israeli military seems to be operating on the assumption
1:15.1	that the Gaza ceasefire talks are a bust. Today we can exclusively report that
1:20.6	behind closed doors senior US officials are acknowledging they don't expect
1:25.8	Hamas and Israel to reach an agreement during what remains of the Biden administration.
1:31.8	They say the two-day attack on Hezbollah with explosive pages and walkie-talkies, followed by intensifying
1:38.2	Israeli airstrikes, has made the possibility of all-out war much more likely that in turn could make diplomacy
1:46.5	with Hamas more complicated.
1:49.6	For more on this I'm joined by journal reporter Anat Pellad in Tel Aviv and we're nearly a year into
1:56.3	this war between Hamas and Israel and it now looks like it's spreading.
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