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Is Middle East Peace Really Attainable?

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

President Trump claimed that Gaza ceasefire talks are "going well" as he met with Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington, who was also optimistic after the meeting, even saying that peace between Israel and the entire Middle East was possible under Trump's leadership. While the world waits for an agreement, the people of Gaza continue to be bombed, with over 60 people reported killed there today. Noa Landau is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which has done extensive investigative reporting on this war, and she joins the program from Tel Aviv.   Also on today's show: economist Ernie Tedeschi; NYT reporter Caroline Kitchener; award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ("Purpose")  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:33.9

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biana Gohrega, New York, sitting in for Christiana

0:37.8

Amarpur. Gaza ceasefire talks are going well. That's the assessment of the U.S. President

0:43.4

as he met with Israel's Prime Minister in Netanyahu in Washington. And while the world waits

0:49.1

for an agreement, the people of Gaza continue to be bombed. More than 60 people have been reported killed there today.

0:56.7

Meanwhile, the Israeli Prime Minister was extremely optimistic after his meeting with Trump,

1:01.3

saying even that peace between Israel and the entire Middle East was possible under President Trump's leadership.

1:07.9

This says Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, says he has ordered the military to prepare the establishment of a, quote, humanitarian city in the ruins of Rafa.

1:17.7

He said 600,000 Palestinians would initially be moved into it and not permitted to leave with the entire population of Gaza eventually moved in.

1:26.3

The plan is highly controversial and raises

1:29.6

concerns under international law. Let's get into all of this now. Noah Landau is the deputy

1:35.1

editor-in-chief of the Israeli newspaper Haarets, which has done extensive reporting on the war.

1:40.4

She joins us from Tel Aviv. No, it's really good to see you. It's been a while. So yesterday was quite a

1:47.3

display of platitudes, the president being given the notification that Israel has officially nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize.

1:59.8

And of course, more talk about a potential ceasefire deal,

2:03.4

but nothing concrete was announced. Was that a surprise?

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