Shibley Telhami

Yolande Knell, BBC Middle East Correspondent; Anshel Pfeffer, Israel Correspondent at The Economist; and Shibley Telhami, Professor of Government at the University of Maryland, engage in a gripping discussion about the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza. They explore the alarming plans for Palestinian displacement and the prospects of a negotiated ceasefire. Recent developments like the release of hostages and the complexities of U.S. influence on Israeli politics are key topics, shedding light on the ongoing tensions and search for peace in the region.

Yair Rosenberg from The Atlantic and professor Shibley Telhami lend their expertise on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Daniella Greenbaum Davis discusses her response to a pro-Hamas tweet from BLM Chicago and the relationship between American Jewish and Black communities. The podcast also briefly touches on Jada Pinkett Smith’s separation from Will Smith.

CNN correspondent Oren Liebermann talks about the latest on Israel-Hamas hostage-prisoner exchanges. Haaretz diplomatic correspondent Amir Tibon discusses the possibility of a long-term cease fire. CNN correspondent Nada Bashir talks about the state of Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Shibley Telhami discusses the impact of the war on the broader region.

Topics discussed include Netanyahu's plans for Rafah and the debate over banning TikTok. The future of AI warfare and chaos in Haiti are also covered. Is the two-state solution a mirage in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

For months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been promising a set of legal reforms favored by partners in his far-right coalition government that many fear would spell the end of liberal democracy in the state of Israel. But this week, these efforts hit a roadblock in the form of an unprecedented degree of popular resistance—one that ultimately led Netanyahu to put his reform proposals on hold, at least for the moment.On Wednesday, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Natan Sachs convened a panel of experts to discuss these fast-moving developments, including his Brookings colleagues Amos Harel, a leading Israeli military and defense expert, and Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor of Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, and leading Israeli journalist and legal expert Ilana Dayan. To give you some additional background, Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Fellow Scott R. Anderson sat down with Natan separately to lay out recent developments and their significance. That conversation will come first, and the panel discussion will follow.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.