Clashes in Israel and Gaza
Pod Save the World
Pod Save the World
4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Tommy and Ben talk about the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza, cyberattacks on American infrastructure, a deadly police raid in Brazil, updates on Alexey Navalny’s situation, President Biden’s decision to back coronavirus vaccine patent waivers and more. Then, foreign policy analyst Rula Jebreal joins Ben to discuss the context for the latest outbreak of fighting in Israel and Gaza and how we should be thinking about asymmetries of power.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:10.7 | Welcome back to PotSafe the World. I'm Tommy Vittor. |
| 0:12.7 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:13.7 | Ben, a little more serious show this week than some of the recent episodes. |
| 0:18.3 | We're going to spend a lot of time talking about the clashes in Israel this week |
| 0:21.7 | and later in the show Ben is going to talk with Palestinian foreign policy analyst and journalist. |
| 0:26.2 | Ruljabriel, but we'll also start the show as we're walking you guys through what's happened, |
| 0:30.7 | the Biden administration response, some of the political factors to play here. |
| 0:35.2 | We're also going to talk about the cyber attack against an energy pipeline in the US. |
| 0:39.2 | Police brutality in Brazil and we'll do some quick updates on topics. |
| 0:42.7 | We've covered before but there's really significant new news including about Alexi Navalny, |
| 0:48.0 | a disgrace Navy seal named Eddie Gallagher, Biden and COVID patents, and then Afghanistan. |
| 0:53.6 | And so before we get to that, a quick ask from me and Ben to our listeners, |
| 0:57.6 | we'll a couple quick ask one. |
| 0:59.2 | If you enjoy the show, consider giving us a little rating and a review, |
| 1:03.7 | wherever you get your podcasts, preferably a positive rating and review, |
| 1:06.8 | but it really does. It helps people find the show, |
| 1:09.6 | share it on social media if you want. |
| 1:11.5 | Ben, I think your book is almost getting pretty close to coming out, right? |
| 1:15.4 | Yeah, you know, we're three weeks out. June 1st is publication day. |
| 1:20.3 | And so my ask, please consider pre-ordering the book. |
| 1:26.7 | If you order it now, it'll be here relatively soon. |
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