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Optimistic and Ominous Developments(50:52)
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First, VOI’s Yishai Fleisher and Knesset insider Jeremy Saltan discuss Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer’s “defection” to an anti-Iran deal platform. They talk about how he announced his opposition, and the possible ramifications of this development.
Then, Yishai is joined by “alternative peace activist” Baruch Widen, who talks about Arabs on the Temple Mount harassing visiting US Congressmen Trent Franks, Keith Rothfus, Evan Jenkins and his wife, Elizabeth. Baruch weighs in on when such behavior will finally force Israeli officials and police to tend to the never-ending conflict over the holiest site in Judaism.
Finally, Yishai hears from Mordechai Kedar, research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and lecturer in the department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University. Dr. Kedar offers his insights on the strangest of Middle East developments: Russia’s talks with Syria, Israel’s and Hezbollah’s shared interest in stopping ISIS and the nuclear deal’s unexpectedly negative ramifications for Iran.