US & Israel PLUMMET Globally After Iran and Cuba Disasters w/ Cuban Diplomat and the Makdisi Brothers

About this episode

The episode discusses the declining global support for the US and Israel in light of recent events in Iran and Cuba, featuring insights from Cuban and Palestinian-Lebanese guests.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Subscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here: Subscribers also get our Friday Free-for-All: We’ve got another Useful Idiots Double Header this week: Second Secretary of the Cuban Embassy to the US David Ramirez Alvarez, as well as the Palestinian-Lebanese hosts of the Makdisi Street Podcast Professors Ussama and Saree Makdisi. And while their respective topics take place a world away from each other (Cuba and Lebanon), a common theme connected both discussions: the US and Israel are losing global support rapidly as they kill and starve innocent people for sinister political reasons. Saree Makdisi: There’s a fundamental split taking place before our eyes. The recent polls show this very, very dramatic shift in American negative perceptions of Israel and Zionism. It’s most pronounced on the left of the spectrum, eighty-plus percent of Democrats. But when you look at people under fifty, even on the right, even among Republican Evangelicals, they’re souring too because they’re like, ‘What the hell, what are we supporting?’ Ussama Makdisi: I mean, you can’t…

People in this episode

Hosts: Katie Halper, Aaron Maté

Guests: David Ramirez Alvarez, Ussama Makdisi, Saree Makdisi

Topics covered

• US foreign policy
• Israel
• Cuba
• global support
• political commentary
• Middle East conflict
• public perception

Keywords

• US
• Israel
• Cuba
• Lebanon
• global support
• politics
• public perception
• Middle East
• Cuban Embassy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cuban Embassy to the US, Makdisi Street Podcast

Places: Cuba, Lebanon, US, Israel, Gaza

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