Regional Reverberations from Israel’s War on Hamas

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🗓️ 3 November 2023

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What does the Israel-Hamas war mean for the region and the world? That’s what’s on the minds of policymakers as the conflict enters a new phase with the start of Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza. Experts Kim Ghattas and Steven A. Cook share their analysis with host Ravi Agrawal. Ghattas is a journalist based in Beirut and the author of Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East. Cook is a regular FP columnist and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Suggested reading: Kim Ghattas: Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-year Rivalry that Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East Steven A. Cook: Saudi Arabia is Mysteriously Absent in the Israel-Hamas War Steven A. Cook: Why the U.S. Tolerates Qatar’s Hamas Ties Oliver Stuenkel: Why the Global South is Accusing America of Hypocrisy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief. This is FP Live.
0:09.6	Welcome to the show. Israel's war on Hamas is now in its fourth week. Israeli forces have left
0:16.9	a wake of destruction in Gaza, with many thousands now killed, and the Strip's 2.3 million
0:23.3	residents now living amid a full-blown humanitarian crisis. It comes after Hamas conducted horrific
0:30.6	attacks in Israel on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages.
0:38.3	All of this is seismic for Israel and Palestine, and we've been covering that on FP Live and
0:43.2	across our website. But today, I want to take a bit of a step back and explore how Israel's
0:49.1	war in Hamas is impacting the broader Middle East. There are several angles here.
0:54.6	We may yet see the war expand if new fronts emerge involving Hezbollah in Lebanon
0:59.8	or the Houthi rebels in Yemen, both are backed by Iran.
1:04.7	Beyond that, it's worth noting that average people from Amman to Cairo and Tehran
1:10.0	have taken to the streets to express their anger
1:12.9	at news emerging from Gaza. The public mood is tense. All of that could challenge recent
1:20.0	diplomatic advances. With the Abraham Accords, Israel expanded its diplomatic circle in the region
1:26.1	to include the United Arab Emirates,
1:28.8	Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan. And until right before the attack, there were ongoing discussions
1:34.2	about when Saudi Arabia and Israel would normalize relations. All of that could now be in jeopardy.
1:41.3	I'm taping this on November 2nd. You'll hear a reference to a speech by
1:45.5	Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah that may have happened by the time you listen to this.
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2:04.6	So, how is Israel's war on Hamas reverberating across the Middle East? I have two terrific
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