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How It Happened

Axios

News, History, Politics

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🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Axios’ Jonathan Swan is back with a sneak preview of How It Happened’s third season, coming later this month. With exclusive reporting, Swan and Axios’ Barak Ravid tell us the surprising story of the Abraham Accords — the deal between Israel and four Arab states which is changing the Middle East.

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0:00.0	While the world was in chaos last year, a group of men were secretly trying to stop Israel
0:07.6	from pulling off a land grab in the West Bank.
0:10.9	I believe that annexation was going to have horrendous consequences for the region.
0:17.2	I'm Jonathan Swan, Axios' National Political Reporter.
0:21.0	We're back with a new two-part season of how it happened, called Trump's Big Deal.
0:27.3	Axios' Middle East correspondent, Barack Reved, will show you how the situation went from
0:32.4	potential disaster to historic triumph.
0:35.9	The Abraham Accords were the biggest breakthrough in the Middle East peace process in the last 25 years.
0:41.4	If you've been following this story, there's so much you thought you knew that isn't actually
0:48.5	true.
0:49.5	Remember that widely believed and publicized bromance between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu?
0:56.0	What he told us?
0:58.0	In this two-part series, we'll tell you the story of the failed deal with the Palestinians.
1:04.8	And how out of the ashes of that, President Trump's unusual team of negotiators managed
1:10.2	to forge historic deals between Israel and four Arab countries.
1:15.1	The biggest breakthrough in the Middle East peace process in a generation.
1:19.6	Join us for the new season of Axios' hit podcast, How It Happened, Trump's Big Deal.
1:25.9	It's coming soon.
1:27.4	Follow wherever you listen to podcasts.

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