3626 - Decoding Israel's Superpower Ambitions w/ Daniel Levy

About this episode

Daniel Levy joins Sam Seder to discuss Israel's ambitions and the implications of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East amidst ongoing tensions with Iran.

It's Fun Day Monday on The Majority Report On today's program: Donald Trump's erratic behavior puts the ceasefire with Iran in serious jeopardy. The deputy foreign minister of Iran says that Trump is sabotaging the diplomatic path by saying one thing and then doing another. U.S. Marines seize an Iranian-flagged ship in the strait of Hormuz in a violation of the ceasefire. Daniel Levy, president of the U.S Middle East Project, former Israeli peace negotiator under Prime Ministers Ehud Barak and Yitzhak Rabin, joins the program to discuss his recent op-ed in The Guardian headlined: " What Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli right really mean when they invoke 'Greater Israel' In the Fun Half Former Obama staffer, Ben Rhodes explains the Obama administration's rationale on their Cuba policy and calls out Joe Biden for being so chicken shit that his inaction led to Trump's blockade that is killing people at this moment. Zohran Mamdani offers his assessment on the current state of the Democratic party. Podcast dummy Jillian Michaels invites podcast idiot Stephen Crowder on her show to compare NYC Mayor Mamdani to the Ayatollah of Iran. Sam Harris also does an insane segment on his show…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Seder

Guest: Daniel Levy

Topics covered

• Israel's superpower ambitions
• U.S.-Iran relations
• Middle East diplomacy
• Democratic party dynamics
• Political commentary

Keywords

• Israel
• Iran
• Trump
• Middle East
• Democratic party
• politics
• diplomacy
• Greater Israel
• U.S. Marines

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S Middle East Project, The Guardian, Obama administration

Places: Iran, Michigan, strat of Hormuz

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