Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East | Lex Fridman Podcast #399

Jared Kushner is a former Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump and author of Breaking History.

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TRANSCRIPT:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Breaking History (book): https://amzn.to/3QblTNk
Jared’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaredkushner
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Books Mentioned:
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The Guns of August: https://amzn.to/3FbWD3c
Thirteen Days in September: https://amzn.to/3Fb3EkM
The Great Degeneration: https://amzn.to/4921WQv
The Hundred-Year Marathon: https://amzn.to/3LRobP7
Destined for War: https://amzn.to/3rKwGEE

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OUTLINE:
=== Recorded on Mon, Oct 9 ===
0:00 – Introduction
1:17 – Hamas attack on Israel
4:10 – Response to attack
10:28 – History of Hamas
13:09 – Iran
14:55 – Al-Aqsa Mosque
21:20 – Abraham Accords
30:14 – Trump vs Biden on Middle East
39:15 – Israeli-Saudi Normalization
43:26 – How the Israel-Gaza war ends
47:44 – Benjamin Netanyahu
51:21 – Palestinian support
54:01 – Trump 2024
57:30 – Human nature
=== Recorded on Thu, Oct 5 ===
1:04:28 – Geopolitics and negotiation
1:13:10 – North Korea
1:21:50 – Personalities of leaders
1:28:25 – Government bureaucracy
1:34:11 – Accusations of collusion with Russia
1:43:50 – Ivanka
1:49:45 – Father
1:58:28 – Money and power
2:07:11 – Trust and betrayal
2:16:12 – Mohammed bin Salman
2:38:31 – Israeli–Palestinian peace process
2:53:01 – Abraham Accords and Arab-Israeli normalization
2:59:15 – $2 billion Saudi investment
3:03:07 – Donald Trump
3:08:13 – War in Ukraine
3:13:29 – Vladimir Putin
3:20:48 – China
3:39:04 – Learning process
3:45:34 – Hope for the future

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