Jacobin Radio: A Democratic Turning Point? w/ Micah Sifry

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🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Suzi talks to writer Micah Sifry, who covers US & Middle East politics on his Substack newsletter The Connector, about whether he thinks a Harris presidency could change the dynamic of the Israel-US relationship, what it will mean for the war on Gaza, as well as Netanyahu’s political survival. The withdrawal of Biden from the presidential race has upended what looked like a death march to a Trump/Vance victory. Netanyahu’s dreadful speech to the joint session of Congress on July 24, boycotted by half the Democratic caucus in both houses, including VP Kamala Harris, highlights the opportunity she has to win back the votes of those who threatened to stay home unless the US stop funding Israel’s wars — an opening that is particularly important in the swing state of Michigan. Micah Sifry untangles all these threads, which constitute what he sees as the black hole of foreign policy.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Jacobin Radio. I'm your host, Susie Weisman. On today's program we talk to
0:18.7	Mika Sifri, who covers US and international politics on his sub-stack newsletter, the Connector, that's The Connector at substack.com.
0:28.0	And he's long written on the Middle East.
0:31.0	Our subject today is how U.S. policy toward Israel affects both
0:35.3	U.S. and Israeli politics. The presidential race has changed and
0:41.0	presents the possibility of a potential shift.
0:45.0	We'll ask Micah whether he thinks a Harris presidency could change the dynamic of the
0:49.6	Israeli-US relationship. What it will mean for Israel's war on Gaza, as well as Netanyahu's political leadership
0:56.7	and political survival.
0:58.6	Netanyahu's polarizing and dreadful speech to the joint session of Congress on July 24th
1:05.0	boycotted by half the Democratic caucus in both houses, including VP
1:10.2	Kamala Harris, highlights the opportunity she has to win back the votes of those who
1:15.9	threaten to stay home unless the US stop funding Israel's wars, an opening that
1:20.8	is particularly important in the swing state of Michigan.
1:24.0	We're fortunate to have Michifrey with us to untangle all these threads,
1:28.0	which constitute what he sees as the black hole of foreign policy.
1:33.7	All this when our program returns in just a moment. Welcome back to the show. I'm Susie Weizmann and I'm very pleased to be talking today to
1:52.1	mecha Sifri. If you read his sub-stack newsletter,
1:55.8	the Connector, you'll know he is well placed to discuss the connections he has to
2:00.7	Israel and his particular experience in analyzing U.S. Israeli and Middle East
2:06.5	policy, which is our subject for today.
2:09.8	It's been a tumultuous week politically.
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