The Israeli Ground Invasion Begins
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4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Tommy and Ben talk about the latest news out of Israel and Gaza, including the Israeli ground offensive, the death of over 3,000 children in Gaza, a rise in anti-semitic incidents around the world, and what a temporary ceasefire could achieve. Then they define some of the terminology being used to describe what’s happening in this current conflict, the need for long-term thinking about what happens to the people in Gaza, blood thirsty and misguided solutions from GOP Presidential candidates, extremist attacks in Niger, and a lifetime ban for Luis Rubiales from FIFA. Then Tommy speaks with Ayman Mohyeldin, the host of Ayman on MSNBC, who spent years reporting in Gaza, to give context on what life was like there before the war and how Hamas controls all aspects of social and professional life.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ben Rhodes, and it's nice to be back in LA for about 48 hours before hitting the |
| 0:17.2 | road again with you, going to Chicago, this is the whole Obama crew. |
| 0:21.4 | Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm not there in studio, I told you I, whatever it cost, my kids have |
| 0:25.0 | been carrying around for the last 10 days got caught in me, but I'm trying to mend so |
| 0:29.4 | I can go to Chicago for the Obama reunion this weekend. |
| 0:32.0 | Yes, that is going to be very fun, I love that team and it's been way too long. |
| 0:36.0 | We got a great show for you guys today, we're going to cover the latest news from Israel |
| 0:39.0 | and Gaza, but also try to take a step back and look at some of the bigger picture questions |
| 0:44.3 | like how this Israeli offensive is going after three weeks, and we're going to try to explain |
| 0:49.4 | to you guys some of the terminology that you're seeing in the media and on social media terms |
| 0:54.2 | like war crimes, ethnic cleansing, genocide, all the light stuff that you want to talk about |
| 0:58.4 | on Halloween, and then how the Trump administration's pursuit of the Abraham Accords helped get |
| 1:03.6 | us to this current place we're at, and then we'll hear from some of the Republicans in |
| 1:08.1 | case you were wondering how they would handle an outbreak of war in the Middle East. |
| 1:13.2 | And then we're going to quickly talk about the situation in Niger and a good news update |
| 1:17.6 | from Spain. |
| 1:18.6 | And then Ben, I spoke with Amin Mohdine earlier, someone that you know well, I know he's |
| 1:23.8 | an anchor at MSNBC, everyone should check out his weekend show, Amin, it's excellent |
| 1:27.9 | by the way on MSNBC, but Amin spent years reporting in and from Gaza, I just can't recommend |
| 1:34.4 | this conversation enough because he knows this stuff inside it out and he is like insight |
| 1:38.1 | and context that I just don't think you're going to find anywhere else, and it's just |
| 1:41.2 | a really good guy. |
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