This is GPS, the Global Public Square.

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

I'm Fareed Zakaria coming to you from New York.

Today on the program, Israeli tanks push deeper into ruffer while ceasefire

talk stalled and Russian troops advance towards Khargib in a new offensive.

I will talk about the state of both wars with General David Petraeus, who has been described

as the most effective American military commander since Eisenhower. Then the six week long election in the world's largest democracy will soon draw to a close

and India's Prime Minister Modi is perhaps on the brink of winning a third term.

But what is his record on the economy?

And what about fears of democratic decay?

I'll ask the former head of India's central bank.

And at a time when journalists across the globe are under siege,

I'm joined by Pulitzer Prize winner Nick Christoph. In decades of

reporting he's witnessed the best and worst humanity has to offer. I'll ask him

why he remains stubbornly hoped for him.

But first, here's my take.

Something very unusual is happening in Israel.

Senior military officials have begun voicing criticism of

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conduct of the war in Gaza.

Israeli media has been reporting on a weekend security meeting at which the chief of staff of the Israel

defense forces, General Herzi Halaby criticized Netanyahu's lack of a clear strategy, pointing

out that the Israeli military had re-entered northern

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