About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming meeting between Lebanese and Israeli officials in Washington amidst tensions and features insights from the Israeli ambassador to the UAE.

Hezbollah has urged Lebanon to pull out of US-brokered talks with Israel. We speak to the Israeli ambassador to the UAE. Plus: the world’s biggest wine fair in Verona and we chat design in Abu Dhabi. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Israeli ambassador to the UAE

Topics covered

• Middle East relations
• diplomacy
• wine industry
• design
• international politics

Keywords

• Lebanon
• Israel
• Hezbollah
• US-brokered talks
• Abu Dhabi
• wine fair
• design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hezbollah

Places: Lebanon, Israel, UAE, Washington, Abu Dhabi, Verona

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