"Greetings from Israel, Wish I Weren't Here": The Awkward Subtext of Blinken's Visit with Bibi

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to a very different Israel than one might have expected a year ago. Benjamin Netanyahu is back in power with a more hard right government and an Israeli raid in the West Bank and a shooting in Jerusalem have raised the the temperature of Israel-Palestinian tensions. David discusses Blinken's visit and the larger relationship between the U.S. and Israel with Rosa Brooks of Georgetown University, Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute, and Alon Pinkas of Haaretz. What did Secretary Blinken say and do in Israel? How should the U.S. work with a hard right Israeli government? What do this mean for the future revival chances of the JCPOA? Find out during this insightful conversation. Don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.8	by our dear friends Corey Shachy of the American Enterprise Institute. How are you doing today,
1:39.5	Corey? I'm exceedingly well. Thank you, David. Excellent and Rosa Brooks in Alexandria, Virginia
1:46.9	of Georgetown University Law School. How are you doing today, Rosa Brooks?
1:51.4	I'm well. Thank you, David. And far away for those of us who are in Washington,
1:58.5	but close to everyone else in Israel, we have Alon Pincas, former senior Israeli diplomat in multiple
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2:14.1	Very well. Thank you. All things considered, but I don't want to start kvetching, so I'm good.
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2:25.2	wrote an interesting column summing up the visit of Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel
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