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Middle East Crisis: Palestinian Statehood Posturing, Gaza War, and New Syrian Leadership Jonathan SchanzerJonathan Schanzer analyzes the proposal for a Palestinian state as counterproductive posturing. He details the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, the

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Middle East Crisis: Palestinian Statehood Posturing, Gaza War, and New Syrian Leadership Jonathan SchanzerJonathan Schanzer analyzes the proposal for a Palestinian state as counterproductive posturing. He details the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, the weakened state of Hezbollah, and the dangerous rehabilitation of former Al-Qaeda leader [Name unclear - Alshara?] in Syria.
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This is CBSI and the world. I'm John Batchelor. I welcome my colleague Jonathan Shanzer,

0:29.6

the executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. We go to a story that is

0:36.0

passing strange to me.

0:38.7

Suddenly, there is statehood offered something called the Palestinian state.

0:44.3

At the same time, there are announcements that are striking in that it very much looks like payoff.

0:51.5

One is the pay-for-slay program that has been a constant story for many years of the

0:58.7

intransigence of the people's of the Palestinian Authority to acknowledge reality that it lives

1:05.7

in a world of other states and other ideas. However, now, Paphisle is said to be going away.

1:12.9

Not only do I not trust it, I don't understand where this comes from. So, Jonathan, a good

1:17.5

evening to you. Is this directly connected to the idea of a Palestinian state? Was that a condition

1:23.6

that Mr. Starrmer, the Prime Minister of Britain, slipped in at the last moment. Good evening to you.

1:30.4

Good evening, John. It's a bit of a convoluted story, but basically you have a bunch of countries

1:36.1

right now, including those that are members of the Five Eyes, the closest countries to the United

1:42.0

States, those that share the same intelligence that we consume,

1:45.8

that our intelligence community consumes. And they have decided, despite all evidence to the contrary,

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