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Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East | Lex Fridman Podcast #399

Jared Kushner is a former Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump and author of Breaking History.

Lex FridmanhostJared Kushnerguest
Oct 11, 20233h 48mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
October 11, 2023
Duration
3h 48m
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Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Jared Kushner is a former Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump and author of Breaking History. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

TRANSCRIPT: https://lexfridman.com/jared-kushner-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Breaking History (book): https://amzn.to/3QblTNk Jared's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaredkushner Jared's Instagram: https://instagram.com/jaredckushner Books Mentioned: Prisoners of Geography: https://amzn.to/3tubxzf The Guns of August: https://amzn.to/3FbWD3c Thirteen Days in September: https://amzn.to/3Fb3EkM The Great Degeneration: https://amzn.to/4921WQv The Hundred-Year Marathon: https://amzn.to/3LRobP7 Destined for War: https://amzn.to/3rKwGEE PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: === Recorded on Mon, Oct 9 === 0:00 - Introduction 1:17 - Hamas attack on Israel 4:10 - Response to attack 10:28 - History of Hamas 13:09 - Iran 14:55 - Al-Aqsa Mosque 21:20 - Abraham Accords 30:14 - Trump vs Biden on Middle East 39:15 - Israeli-Saudi Normalization 43:26 - How the Israel-Gaza war ends 47:44 - Benjamin Netanyahu 51:21 - Palestinian support 54:01 - Trump 2024 57:30 - Human nature === Recorded on Thu, Oct 5 === 1:04:28 - Geopolitics and negotiation 1:13:10 - North Korea 1:21:50 - Personalities of leaders 1:28:25 - Government bureaucracy 1:34:11 - Accusations of collusion with Russia 1:43:50 - Ivanka 1:49:45 - Father 1:58:28 - Money and power 2:07:11 - Trust and betrayal 2:16:12 - Mohammed bin Salman 2:38:31 - Israeli–Palestinian peace process 2:53:01 - Abraham Accords and Arab-Israeli normalization 2:59:15 - $2 billion Saudi investment 3:03:07 - Donald Trump 3:08:13 - War in Ukraine 3:13:29 - Vladimir Putin 3:20:48 - China 3:39:04 - Learning process 3:45:34 - Hope for the future SOCIAL:

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  • Lex Fridman

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  • Jared Kushner

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Jared Kushner, Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East | Lex Fridman Podcast #399 explores Jared Kushner dissects Hamas attack, Middle East peace, and power Jared Kushner joins Lex Fridman to react to the October 7 Hamas attack and to lay out his view of Hamas, Gaza, Iran’s role, and Israel’s likely objectives in the ensuing war. He argues that Hamas is both a terrorist proxy of Iran and the primary obstacle to Palestinian prosperity, framing Gazans as hostages of Hamas rather than beneficiaries.

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