Trump’s Big Deal Part I: May Your House Be Destroyed

How It Happened

Axios

News, History, Politics

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🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Axios Middle East correspondent Barak Ravid and national political correspondent Jonathan Swan tell how Donald Trump’s grand plan to broker peace between the Israelis and Palestinians was doomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise and a series of bizarre choices that alienated the Palestinians. Through exclusive reporting and a new interview with Trump and others closely involved, Ravid also reveals that the supposed bromance between Trump and Netanyahu is a myth. When Ravid asked Trump, the former president said about Netanyahu, “F--k him.” Note: This episode contains some explicit language. Credits: The senior producer is Ariana Gharib Lee. The senior editor is Ted Robbins. Dan Bobkoff is the executive producer. Sara Kehaulani Goo is the editor-in-chief. Our managing editors include Alison Snyder and Margaret Talev. Dave Lawler is the world editor. Sound design and mixing by Jeanne Montalvo and Alex Sugiura. Our series theme music is by Michael Hanf. Fact checking by Jacob Knutson.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Swan, Axios' National Political Correspondent.
0:04.0	We're back with a new two-part season of how it happened.
0:07.8	It's a story about how Donald Trump's administration
0:10.5	failed to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
0:14.5	But in the process, reached a different set of agreements
0:18.0	that are reshaping the Middle East profoundly and unexpectedly.
0:22.3	The full normalization of ties between the UAE and Israel.
0:26.6	They're called the Abraham Accords.
0:28.6	Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
0:31.2	A green to open diplomatic and economic ties with Israel.
0:35.4	And it all happened almost by accident.
0:40.2	The Abraham Accords came together in 2020,
0:43.2	while most of us in the United States were focused on COVID,
0:46.4	Black Lives Matter protests, and the election.
0:49.3	But it's an important story. And here to tell it is my colleague,
0:53.3	Barack Reved, who was reported deeply on the region.
0:57.2	Hi, Jonathan. Hey, mate.
0:59.2	So, Barack, your Axios' Middle East correspondent,
1:02.9	you live in Tel Aviv, and you've been covering the region for 15 years now.
1:06.9	You're one of Israel's most respected journalists,
1:09.4	and you've been a thorn in former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's side
1:14.2	for your reporting on his administration.
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