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JL;DR SUMMARY The episode of the Commentary Magazine Podcast analyzes Donald Trump's recent radical proposal for America to take 'an ownership position' in Gaza, effectively overturning long-standing U.S. policies in the Middle East. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • 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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GazaPalestiniansU.S. Foreign PolicyDonald TrumpTwo State SolutionArab Israeli ConflictInternational RelationsMiddle East PolicyReal Estate Analogy

Places mentioned

Washington, Washington DC, United States
"And Washington Commentary Columnist and Director of Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Matthew Continetti."
New York, United States
"Seth, in our pages and elsewhere. Would make fun of the idea that the embassy could ever be moved. It was like it was a cost without a benefit. You couldn't see why would anyone upset this status quo was understood that the embassies were in Tel Aviv. Big deal. Tel Aviv is a 45 minute drive from our drive from from Jerusalem. It doesn't really matter. It's like having it would be like, you know, the embassy would be in, you know, Morristown, New Jersey instead instead of in Manhattan or it was in like Middleburg, Virginia. Instead of in in Washington."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"The idea is, you know, obviously, Jerusalem is a capital. It's it's it was actually ridiculous that there was a debate over whether the embassy should be in in the capital. But it's like no one's going to do it. No one's going to do it. And then Trump did it. And Trump did. And the idea is, oh, the Arab street's going to go on fire. Oh, this is good. Oh, my God. There are going to be riots everywhere. And thousands of people are going to be killed. And thousands of people are going to be killed. And there was nothing. And that small move was in part a signal, along with much grander things, including the fact that we tilted toward decisively toward Israel and Israel and Saudi Arabia had started making a pretty quiet but very noticeable entente against Iran after the Iran nuclear deal for the larger prospect of a separate peace system that came to be known as the Abraham Accords. One, I don't think the Abraham Accords would have been possible without moving the embassy, though you might think that that's sort of ridiculous because the embassy is a tiny baby step and the Abraham Accords potentially revolutionary."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Big deal. Tel Aviv is a 45 minute drive from our drive from from Jerusalem. It doesn't really matter."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Nobody wants Gaza. That's why Gaza became a refugee camp in 1948. Nobody wants Gaza."
Egypt
"And there was a huge fight. Because the question was, do we want even to set foot in Gaza? From biblical times, when Gaza was the land of the Philistines, Gaza has been nothing but trouble for the Jewish people."
Middleburg, Central District, Israel
"Big deal. Tel Aviv is a 45 minute drive from our drive from from Jerusalem. It doesn't really matter. It's like having it would be like, you know, the embassy would be in, you know, Morristown, New Jersey instead instead of in Manhattan or it was in like Middleburg, Virginia."
Jordan
"My offer is nothing. And I would really appreciate it. If Egypt and Jordan would pay, if Egypt and Jordan would pay the $250,000 casino fee, that's what, that's what I expect."
Mexico
"I'm not here with the prime minister of India or Canada or Canada or Mexico or anything."
Canada
"I'm not here with the prime minister of India or Canada or Canada or Mexico or anything."
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