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. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil 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: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman