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The Road from Damascus - with Richard Haass and Alexis Bloom

JL;DR SUMMARY Yonit and Jonathan discuss the implications of the Assad regime's sudden fall in Syria and explore the ongoing corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 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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Benjamin NetanyahuIranIsraeli PoliticsDocumentarySyriaMiddle East GeopoliticsCorruption TrialBashar Al AssadManischewitzRichard Haass

Places mentioned

Syria
"Massive change in the Middle East. Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria crumbles in a matter of days."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"I'm Yanit Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv."
London, United Kingdom
"And I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London."
Israel
"There might be some hope for another hostage deal. This comes after, you know, we talked about this last week, President-elect Trump threatening that this must happen before he enters an office."
Washington DC, United States
"There's also a conversation between the newly appointed Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, and his counterpart, Lloyd Austin, about this."
Jerusalem, Israel
"And the reason for this, by the way, I think the coalition and Netanyahu always talk about it. Is if it's only for the purposes of political blame."
Damascus, Syria
"That Bashar al-Assad, right, the Assad family that held Syria with an iron fist for half a century, crumbles in 11 days."
Russian Federation
"Iran through Hezbollah were not able to help him."
Aleppo, Syria
"Because the people wanted them to succeed. And that's the obviously the huge, huge difference."
Homs, Hama, Syria
"Because the people wanted them to succeed. And that's the obviously the huge, huge difference."
New York, United States
"The logistics of Syria are complicated, but let's be clear: everybody in Israel was expecting this to happen at some point."
Turkey
"There is some concern. There's also concern about the role that Turkey is playing in all this."
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