Amanpour

Former state department official discusses lessons from postwar Iraq. Azerbaijan's control of Nagorno-Karabakh causes concern. Former Congressman Kinzinger talks about democracy and January 6th committee. Post-war planning and collaboration highlighted in Gaza. Similarities between post-war reconstruction in Germany, Japan, and Middle East. Escalating violence in West Bank weakens Palestinian Authority. Loss, targeting, and advocacy for Palestinians. Kinzinger discusses split in Republican Party and January 6th committee. Influence of Trump on party and importance of voter turnout in promoting democracy.

A massive blast rocks a refugee camp in Gaza, IDF confirms responsibility. Distraught mother's meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. Ukraine's chief diplomatic adviser to President Zelensky discusses ongoing crisis. Personal dilemmas and pleas for safe return of kidnapped hostages. The impact of recent events in Gaza and Ukraine. President Biden's support for Israel and challenges of navigating conflict in Gaza.

First: Amid desperation in Gaza under fierce Israeli bombardment, we hear from a from a top Red Cross official there. Next: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert discusses what Netanyahu warns will be a "long and diffcult battle." Plus: Israeli historian and journalist Gershom Gorenberg; Capitol Hill policeman Harry Dunn. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is “expanding ground operations” in the Gaza Strip, an IDF spokesperson announced during today's show. The announcement came after a series of intense airstrikes on the besieged enclave earlier Friday night. Multiple CNN reporters in the region, including Nic Robertson and Jake Tapper, provide live coverage during this episode of Amanpour.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As desperation for humanitarian relief grows inside Gaza, the possibility of an Israeli ground incursion looms. According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health inside Gaza, more than 6,000 people have died in the ongoing siege of Gaza. Aaron David Miller was a Middle East negotiator for several US administrations and is now a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment. He talks to Christiane about divisions in American halls of power when it comes to Israel’s war on Hamas. Also on today's show: Judy Meyer, Executive Editor, Sun Journal; author McKay Coppins; former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before the catastrophe and threat of wider war in the Middle East, the United States was throwing its strategic weight at its China problem. Today in Beijing, California Governor Gavin Newsom met with President Xi Jinping, who said he hopes Newsom's visit will pave the way for more cooperation between China and the United States.  Also on today's show: historian Tareq Baconi; relationship therapist Esther Perel To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Israel continues bombing Gaza, bringing its health care system to the brink of collapse, Jordan's Queen speaks with Christiane Amanpour about the humanitarian catastrophe and the plight of Palestinians. Plus, seasoned hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin, who played a prominent role in the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from Hamas’ captivity in 2011, joins to discuss being in touch with both Hamas and the Israeli Government in an unofficial capacity in current negotiations. And, Senior Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid tells Hari Sreenivasan that President Biden sparking anger by saying it's not time for a ceasefire in Gaza, is a political risk for 2024.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Israel is mounting limited ground raids into Gaza to prepare for what it calls “the coming stages of the war” and to search for hostages. It’s also ramping up its aerial assault, launching more than 300 attacks on what defense forces claim are military targets belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Meanwhile, the civilian toll grows dramatically: more than 400 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, were killed in overnight strikes, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry. Ilana Dayan is one of the Israel’s best-known journalists and joins Christiane from Jerusalem. Also on today's show: Ghassan Abu-Sittah, British-Palestinian plastic surgeon; Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Former Ukrainian Defense Minister; author Ben Sheehan To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UN warns the conditions on the ground in Gaza are "increasingly dire," with food, water and medicine all running critically low. Right now, trucks carrying vital aid are unable to get to those who desperately need it. The Egyptian Food Bank is one of the organizations eager to cross. Their CEO Mohsen Sarhan joins the show from the border. Also on today's show: Benoit Carpentier, spokesperson for International Federation of the Red Cross; Robin Wright, contributing write for the New Yorker and distinguished scholar for the US Institute of Peace; Ory Slonim, former special adviser to Israel’s defense minister; Steve Inskeep, cohost of NPR Morning Edition To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: President Biden warned Israel not to make the same mistakes the US did after 9/11. But will Netanyahu listen? Christiane puts that crucial question to former IDF counterterror expert Miri Eisen. Then: In 2009 a phone call shocked Israel to its core. A doctor in Gaza suffers unbearable loss. A journalist in Israel broadcast his grief to the nation. Now we hear from them again. Plus: As Joe Biden reckons with disastrous and mistakes in Afghanistan, International Correspondent Anna Coren documents the tragic impact on women and girls. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices