Israel and Hezbollah have a heavy exchange of fire

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Today on the program, after a significant escalation of tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, guest anchor Bianna Golodryga speaks with Amos Harel from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and vice president of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution Suzanne Maloney about the fighting as well as the latest rounds of ceasefire and hostage negotiations in Cairo. Then, Michael Kofman from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace joins Bianna to discuss Ukraine’s on-going incursion into Russia’s Kursk region and whether Kyiv’s offensive has shifted the dynamics of the wider war. Next, the Financial Times’ Edward Luce speaks with Bianna about this week’s star-studded Democratic National Convention and how Harris appears to be positioning herself for the final months of the race. Finally, Steve Coll, dean emeritus of the Columbia Journalism School, joined Fareed to discuss his new book “The Achilles Trap,” in which he digs through recordings of secret conversations between Saddam Hussein and his inner circle. GUESTS: Amos Harel (@AmosHarel), Suzanne Maloney (@MaloneySuzanne), Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael), Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce), Steve Coll Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:04.0	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.0	I'm Bianna Galadriga coming to you live from New York.
0:10.0	Fareed is off today, but we have an interview of his to show you later.
0:14.0	Also on the program, Israel struck across its northern border overnight.
0:18.0	The IDF says it destroyed thousands of Hezbollah terror targets, and Hezbollah says it struck back.
0:24.0	Meanwhile, negotiators for both Israel and Hamas have recently arrived in Cairo,
0:28.6	ready for ceasefire talks.
0:30.2	We'll talk about all the developments in the Middle East with the great panel.
0:33.0	And then we'll get the latest on Ukraine's incursion into Russia's
0:37.0	Cursk region with Vladimir Putin's response. And at the DNC Kamala Harris
0:41.8	was officially crowned as the Democratic nominee, and now there are only 72 days left until Election Day.
0:49.0	I'll talk to Ed Luce about what the world witnessed in Chicago this week. The IDF says it struck terror targets in Lebanon, locations where it says Hezbollah was preparing
1:11.0	to fire missiles and rockets toward Israeli territory.
1:14.8	Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on X that the action quote epitomizes Israel's right
1:19.6	and duty to defend itself and its citizens against the threat of terrorism.
1:24.5	For its part, Hezbollah says its own military operations were completed after hundreds of
1:29.0	rockets were launched from Lebanon.
1:31.2	This comes as the tensions in the Middle East have been ever higher in recent
1:35.0	weeks after the assassinations of leaders of both Hamas and Hezbollah. Now despite it all
1:39.9	negotiators from Israel and Hamas are now in Cairo for ceasefire talks.
1:44.6	So let me bring in today's wonderful panel.
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