Lawfare Archive: The Jerusalem Embassy Opening and Protests in Gaza
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🗓️ 25 November 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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From May 19, 2018: The past week saw the culmination of a major shift in U.S. policy as the United States formally opened its embassy in Jerusalem. Yet ongoing protests along the border with the Gaza Strip and the Israeli government’s harsh response have provided a sharp contrast to the hopeful rhetoric surrounding the embassy’s opening ceremony. On Friday, Lawfare senior editor Scott Anderson spoke with Khaled Elgindy, Natan Sachs, and Sarah Yerkes to sort through the headlines.
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| 1:07.8 | from the Law Fair Archive for November 25th, 2023. On November 18th, |
| 1:12.4 | an editorial in the Washington Post, President Joe Biden wrote, quote, |
| 1:16.3 | a two-state solution is the only way to ensure the long-term security of both the Israeli |
| 1:19.8 | and Palestinian people. |
| 1:21.4 | Though right now it may seem like that future has never been further away, |
| 1:24.5 | this crisis has made it more imperative than ever. |
| 1:27.1 | For today's archive episode, I picked an episode from May 18, 2018, |
| 1:31.5 | in which Scott R. Anderson sat down with Kalehale Gindi, |
| 1:34.3 | Matan Sox, and Surrey Yerkeys to discuss the controversial opening of the |
| 1:38.9 | American embassy in Jerusalem, protests along the border with the Gaza Strip, |
| 1:42.3 | in the Israeli government's harsh response. |
| 1:45.0 | I'm Scott Anderson and this is the Law Fair Podcast, May 19th, 2018. The past week saw the culmination of a major shift in U.S. policy as the United States formally opened |
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