How far away is a ceasefire? An update on Gaza and the Rafah invasion | Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In an exploration of conflict and diplomacy, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer joins TED's Helen Walters to unravel the ideological underpinnings, contrasting objectives and humanitarian crises defining the current situation in Gaza. Listen for the latest on Israel’s invasion of Rafah and what happened to the proposed ceasefire deal as well as a dissection of the elusive quest for peace in a region haunted by the specter of war.

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0:16.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:18.0	Today, the latest episode of TED explains the world with Ian Bremer political scientists and the president and
0:24.7	founder of Eurasia Group and G0 media. He sits down with Ted's Helen Walters to
0:29.8	discuss the latest on the situation in Gaza including Israel's ground invasion of Raffa.
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0:53.3	On Tuesday, May the 7th, Israeli Tank centered Raffa in southern Gaza as part of a military
0:58.2	operation to rid the city of Hamas fighters and infrastructure.
1:02.2	The invasion had long been anticipated with much fear for the 1.2 million
1:06.0	Palestinians estimated to be sheltering in the area. It feels like a pivotal moment in an ongoing
1:12.3	war and humanitarian crisis, so we thought we would try to get a deeper sense of what is going on and what we should be paying attention to.
1:20.0	I am delighted to be joined once more by Ian Bremmer, president and founder of political risk research and consulting firm Eurasia Group and my conspirator in this Ted explains the world series.
1:31.0	Even though Ian has a terrible voice right now.
1:34.4	A terrible voice, I mean, how do I sound so non-Ehan-like?
1:39.4	It's horrible.
1:40.4	You sound really terrible, but the good news is that the insight and the wisdom will flow all the same. So thank you all for being here, Ian and welcome.
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