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Fareed Zakaria GPS

Former Israeli PM on Why He Says Israel is Committing War Crimes in Gaza

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

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4.32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks with Fareed about his op-ed in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz this week, in which he accuses Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza.    Then, Financial Times US national editor Edward Luce and AEI senior fellow Kori Schake join the show to discuss the latest developments in President Trump’s tariff war, and Russia’s renewed offensive in Ukraine.    Finally, former CNN correspondent and founder of the charity organization INARA Arwa Damon speaks with Fareed about the extent of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. She says that if the Western press were allowed in to witness the devastation, the war would end tomorrow.    GUESTS: Ehud Olmert, Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce), Kori Schake, Arwa Damon (@IamArwaDamon)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is GPS, the global public square.

0:34.5

Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.

0:37.9

I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you from New York. Today on the program, we will look at two nations

0:45.5

whose tactics in the midst of war are coming under more and more scrutiny and more condemnation.

0:56.0

First up, Russia, which has amped up its war against Ukraine in recent weeks,

1:02.1

launching massive nightly air attacks, which invariably kill many civilians.

1:08.2

I'm not happy with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people.

1:11.6

What more can the world do to oppose Moscow?

1:14.6

I'll ask a great panel, the FTs Ed Luce and Corey Shaki, of the American Enterprise Institute.

1:22.6

Then, Israel has intensified its assault on Gaza and is allowing in only a fraction of the aid needed for the starving population there.

1:33.3

I'll talk to a former Prime Minister of that country, Ehud Omer, who says his nation is now committing war crimes.

1:41.3

And to former CNN correspondent Arwa Damon, who says if the Western

1:48.5

press were allowed in, the war would be over tomorrow. But first, here's my take. When historians

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write about the challenges to America's global hegemony,

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