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Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and chairman of the Vandenberg Coalition and the Tikvah Fund, joins the show to discuss Israel, Iran, and the new power dynamics in the Middle East. What new alliances have emerged since the chaos on October 7, 2023? How has the current war with Iran reshaped the region? With a storm of competing interests, fragile partnerships, and global stakes, can stability emerge, or is the Middle East heading toward an even wider conflict?
02:10 - Israel today
04:02- Israeli airport security
05:58 - Netanyahu’s domestic political situation
09:07 - Bibi’s secret visit to the UAE
10:15 - American military aircrafts in Israel
12:01 - Israel-UAE relationship
15:57- October 7th Middle East aftermath
17:17 - Erosion of Iranian proxies
19:20 - Israeli-Saudi relationship
20:27 - Egypt’s global decline
22:24 - Turkey’s role
29:09 - Israel-Lebanon relationship
28:30 - Hezbollah factor
32:25 - How to handle Hamas
36:31 - Iran and the future of the Strait of Hormuz
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