This week on the show, Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel, speaks to Fareed about why he thinks current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition has led Israel in a terrible direction—and that Palestinians must have the right to self-determination.
They also discuss the prospect of President Joe Biden addressing Israel's people directly at its parliament, the Knesset. Then, legendary singer, songwriter and piano man Billy Joel and his collaborator, Producer/Director Freddy Wexler, join the show to talk about the inspiration behind Joel's new song, "Turn the Lights Back On." They also discuss the music video that accompanies the ballad and its amazing use of AI. Plus, Fareed explains how Greece, once the "sick man" of Europe, got cured.
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Ehud Olmert, Billy Joel (@billyjoel), Freddy Wexler
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A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special: The Road to War in the Middle East
America’s biggest domestic challenges (and why domestic politics make them even more difficult); exclusive interview with Amal Clooney and Nobel laureate Nadia Murad; terror victims sue company for
Morale on the Frontlines of Ukraine; Risk of Israel War Expanding; Waning Bipartisan support for Ukraine; Antisemitism on Campus
Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Cross-Border Fire; IDF ground strategy and civilian casualties in Gaza; Hamas' influence in Gaza; Life and Legacy of Henry Kissinger
Hostage-prisoner exchanges continue; Possibility of Long-Term Cease Fire; Israel-Hamas military strategy; American diplomacy in Israel and Ukraine
New promise in negotiations on a Middle East hostage deal; Egypt's role in Gaza; Biden-Xi meet in California
Interview with UN Secretary General António Guterres; US-Israeli relations; The 2024 presidential election
The state of the Israel-Hamas war; Will Hezbollah join the war? Bill Maher on US politics and higher education
Interview with the Iranian Foreign Minister; Israeli public opinion on the war; Michael Lewis on Sam Bankman-Fried
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza; IDF strategy to defeat Hamas; the OTHER war – in Ukraine
Escalating violence in the Middle East; the rising humanitarian crisis and the potential for spread of the conflict regionally
Hamas' Unprecedented Attack on Israel
US narrowly avoids a government shutdown; Panel on Ukraine, China and more
Exclusive Interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi; Interview with the director of the WTO
“Exit interview” with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley; Walter Isaacson on "Elon Musk"
Exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the counteroffensive, Putin, and corruption in Ukraine
Artificial Intelligence: Its Promise... And Peril: A GPS Special
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Ukrainian counteroffensive; the coup in Niger; American’s recession mystery; the wonders of quantum computing
Three former Treasury Secretaries on the global economic outlook; An interview with David Byrne
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