Does Joe Biden need to rethink his stance on Israel?

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🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The relationship between the United States and Israel is hugely significant – but it’s under serious strain. Is President Joe Biden going to be pushed to rethink some long-held positions regarding this connection? Stephen Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University and author of The Hell of Good Intentions: America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy, tells Gavin Esler how Biden might end up revising his stance. • “The U.S. is absolutely vital to Israel. They have provided billions of dollars in aid, as well as diplomatic protection.” – Professor Stephen Walt • “What makes it a ‘special relationship’ is that the U.S. provides all of this support pretty much unconditionally, no matter what Israel does... but this is a strategic liability for the U.S. now.” – Professor Stephen Walt • “What Israel is currently doing in Gaza is completely inconsistent with American values... this war makes Biden look either clueless or heartless.” – Professor Stephen Walt www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and Presented by Gavin Esler. Produced by: Eliza Davis Beard. Audio production: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.1	the United States and our special relationship but any superpower has plenty of
1:21.5	special relationships some more special than others.
1:24.7	In the case of the US, the relationship with the state of Israel has always been hugely significant
1:29.2	diplomatically, politically, and militarily.
1:33.0	Right now it seems remarkably troubled.
1:35.4	So how far should that relationship be understood as outdated and in need of fresh thinking?
1:41.3	It's been reported that Richard Haas, a former top US
1:43.9	diplomat and head of the Council on Foreign Relations, has suggested to the
1:47.2	Biden administration that they distance themselves from Israel's Prime Minister
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