In this episode Jack Omer-Jackaman speaks to Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer about US-Israel relations and the prospects for an Israel-Saudi normalisation deal. They explore the range of possibilities for the Palestinian component of any deal, and potential opposition in the Democratic Party to the defence alliance demanded by Riyadh. Ambassador Kurtzer is the S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern policy studies at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton. He previously served as US. ambassador to Egypt from 1997 to 2001 and to Israel from 2001 until 2005 when he retired after a 29-year career in the US Foreign Service. He was a crafter of the 1988 peace initiative of Secretary of State George P. Shultz and was instrumental in bringing about the Madrid Peace Conference in 1991.
Episode 230 | Aid in the Gaza Strip
Episode 229 | Insight into Palestinian Affairs
Episode 228 | Understanding Qatar
Episode 227 | US Middle East Policy
Episode 226 | Gaza’s water and energy
Episode 225 | Who are the Houthis?
Episode 224 | Hezbollah and Israel’s northern border
Episode 223| The Military and DiplomaticTimetables
Episode 222 | The Arab-Israeli experience since October 7th
Episode 221 | Iranian Regional Aggression
Episode 220 | Israel’s Commitment to International Law
Episode 219 | Briefing with Efraim Halevy
Episode 218 | Israel’s War Aims
Episode 217 | Regional Attitudes to Israel and Hamas
Episode 215 | Israel-Saudi Normalisation? A View From The Gulf
Episode 214 | Judicial Reform - What Comes Next? (Part Two)
Episode 213 | Judicial Reform - What Comes Next? (Part One)
Episode 212 | Israel’s energy strategy and regional co-operation
Episode 211 | London protest against Iran
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