Has Donald Trump brought peace to the Middle East?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Was it Joe Biden's quiet diplomacy or Donald Trump’s loud threats that brought the two sides to a place where a ceasefire is at least within reach? Over night Israeli rockets killed more than 70 Palestinians suggesting we are still a long way out from peace. How much power rests with Netanyahu now? And does he even want to see an end to the conflict? We speak to a man who knows him well.
Later, Ed Davey tells us why he’s disappointed with Keir Starmer and why the UK has to seek a customs union with the EU as Donald Trump comes back into the White House. Is he right?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.5 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:13.3 | Thank you. |
| 0:13.3 | Thank you. |
| 0:14.2 | Thank you. |
| 0:15.3 | Thank you. |
| 0:16.3 | Is that a joke? |
| 0:18.7 | Oh. |
| 0:20.6 | Thank you. |
| 0:22.0 | That was the moment that President Biden was asked by a reporter who should take the credit for the Israel Hamas ceasefire, precarious as it now seems, standing with so much in the balance. |
| 0:38.3 | And his response, slightly flippant, is that a joke? |
| 0:42.2 | The Middle East, the world is holding its breath right now |
| 0:45.3 | to see if this deal can not only be signed, |
| 0:49.3 | but ratified between Israel and Hamas. |
| 0:52.7 | And a really interesting question, a subplot to it all, |
| 0:56.9 | is whether the man who could get the credit for it is Donald Trump. |
| 1:02.1 | Donald Trump, the peacemaker. |
| 1:04.6 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
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| 1:10.9 | It's Lewis. It's Lewis. |
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