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Amb. Dan Shapiro on U.S. Policy, Israel, and the Iran Equation

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JL;DR SUMMARY Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, offers insights into the complexities of U.S. policy regarding Israel, Iran, and potential Saudi-Israel normalization. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

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  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
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  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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President BidenIran Nuclear DealU.S. Israel RelationsSaudi Israel NormalizationGaza ConflictU.S. PolicyMiddle East DiplomacyDan ShapiroMilitary OptionsObama's Eulogy

Places mentioned

United States
"Now, just to go back to the previous question of how would you signal to Iran that the military option is a serious one to try to focus their mind?"
Israel
"Correct and yet and yet speaking to your point every Israeli official senior Israeli official talks about it almost on a daily basis."
Iraq
"and we saw Iran twice in 2024 break a long-standing precautionary approach to avoiding direct confrontations with the United States and Israel with these two massive barrages of, in the first case, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones,"
Saudi Arabia
"One of the things I was tasked with in that role at the State Department was to continue to move the Negev Forum forward."
Morocco
"We had actually scheduled for October 19th in Marrakesh."
United Arab Emirates
"with Foreign Minister Lapid and the foreign ministers of Egypt, Morocco, UAE, and Bahrain"
Bahrain
"with Foreign Minister Lapid and the foreign ministers of Egypt, Morocco, UAE, and Bahrain"
Egypt
"with Foreign Minister Lapid and the foreign ministers of Egypt, Morocco, UAE, and Bahrain"
Jordan
"Jordan and Palestinian Authority and some other Arab states and maybe some Muslim states outside of the Arab League would have participated as observers."
Palestinian Territories
"Jordan and Palestinian Authority and some other Arab states and maybe some Muslim states outside of the Arab League would have participated as observers."

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