joining us from kuwait, a nonresident fellow at the carnegie middle east center. locum to you all.ld you describe relations between the uae and saudi arabia as they stand today? >> is a pleasure to be with you. the relations have always gone through and ever and a flow. the relationship has pete and climaxed at moments in which their interests align and they have diverged other times. what happened the past few days was not as surprising in terms of their interests diverging. we have seen a divergence in yemen and the apra smock -- app rochement. this is part of i dam night -- dynamic relationship with ups and downs. >> they have diverged and we will get into the differences in a moment prude -- moment. their differences were not publicly discussed. how rare is this public disagreement over the issue of oil output? >> this public dispute speaks to the uae's self presumption of itself as a rising power in the region. it not only went ahead with its position but felt the need to lobby other opec producers to present or engage in its position. that -- although i state that -- let me t

she is a visiting professor at the middle east center, the london school of economics. welcome to you all, russia. i know that you can't really talk about the source of all the information that you received for obvious reasons you want to protect your sources. but when all the evidence was beginning to come together and form a picture, what was your reaction? so i think we had always suspected and we had done previous reporting to show that and by where it had been misused by governments around the world to target human rights activists. john, less noisy is. but i think what this investigation shows is really the unprecedented scale of abuse of use of the technology. i think we always knew that, but we did our research and as cases kept on stuff, the thing it really made us realize how widespread global problem is. and really that's an ludicrous claim that byler use only in quick climb terrorism related investigations. if it's absurd as investigation shows, was there any particular pattern that started to emerge in terms of the types of people that were being charged as

century. joining us from kuwait city is better to say who the non resident fellow at the carnegie middle east center. thanks for joining us on insight story. welcome to you all. but it is safe to begin with you. how would you describe relations between the u. e and saudi arabia as they stand today? to pleasure to be with me today, the relations i've always gone through. you know, and i've been slow, the relationship has been climaxes moments in which their interests align. and other times they have diverged very proper the few days is not a surprise in terms of their interest diverting repeated beverage in the i'm and in the past we've seen the diapers in terms of iraq with other than the gulf and so on . this is a part of the long series of events that speak to a dynamic relationship. when that has its ups and down. ok, true, they have diverged that and we'll get into the specific differences in a moment. but traditionally, at least about it, there are differences weren't so publicly discussed. so how rare is this public disagreement over the issue of oil output of the opec plus meeting this public

joining us from kuwait city is about it and say, who the non resident fellow at the carnegie middle east center. thanks for joining us on insight story. welcome to you all. but it is safe to begin with. you, how would you describe relations between the u. e and saudi arabia as they stand today? to pleasure to be with me today is a relation i've always gone through. you know, and i've been slow. the relationship has been climax, the moments in which way congress, their interests align and other times they have diapers. there's been a crop in the past 2 days is not a surprise in terms of their interest divergence repeated beverage in yemen. in the past we've seen diverts in terms of iraq, 1st with other than the gulf and so on. this is a part of the long series of events that speak to a dynamic relationship when it's up and down. ok true. they have diverged and we'll get into the specific differences in a moment, but traditionally, at least about it and there are differences weren't so publicly discussed. so how rare is this public disagreement over the issue of oil output of the opec plus meetin

center this runs one hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. i'm the director of the middle east program here at the wilson center. welcome to our event this morning the godless cease-fire what's next. we have a very distinguished panel this morning to discuss the latest development on the palestinian arena and the biden administration policies in the region particularly after the cease-fire that ended the violence that took the lives of more than 250 palestinians including 66 children in gaza and 13 is raley's including two children. we are glad to welcome president and ceo of the wilson center to introduce the panel this morning. we also welcome the acting assistant secretary for their remarks from the biden administration's policy. we also welcome his excellency and ambassador of egypt to the united states to discuss egypt's role in brokering the negotiations as well as the washington institute after his most recent trip to israel and the west bank and last but not least the chair of the middle east program, ambassador james jeffrey who will discuss the implications of the cease-fire and conflict. ambassador, t

center. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of the middle east program here at the wilson center. welcome to our event this morning, the gaza cease-fire, what's next? we have a distinguished panel this morning to discuss the latest developments on the israeli-palestinian arena and the biden policy, particularly

becky malice, knowledge of australia is confined to a suburb, demonized by the media as a center of middle east and crime. when family came from level on them to the punch bowl area, they couldn't find work because i looked while they looked arab, they looked different. they sound different. the water strange would be like you don't understand how language, bugger, off, go by time. we don't want you to they thought secluded, isolated, segregated, for a brief period that he goes to punch bowl boys high. when many of lebanese is trailyn background feel outsiders in the country of their birth, also excluded or so away from the standard of society for me, but i was a rebel because i didn't know what it meant to be on you that i was an arab on you all's in the least and on your walk when he 13 years old that he's confidence is shattered by the death of his mother. i didn't acknowledge, but my mom passed away even though she was dead and confronted by the doctors and nurses. it didn't sinkin, this is my mom, this is my mother is the one that brought me to this world. she gave birth to me. she looked

demanding change. lower but manly out there are about on the other as a senior fellow and middle east analyst at the arab center. he says the president is only making things worse. the best thing they can do right now to undo what he's done before. and i'm sure i'm not sure he has the character to do that. because he's clear, he's stubborn. he is not all been asked you to hear the article, but he's got parties invited also, organization part the police got parties. he has such an attitude against a politicians as a corrupt. and this is the same attitude for popular leaders. we have seen in europe and eating our says during administration. i think this is a dangerous more i should hearing lies and understand that this is being a part of a democratic process. you have to accept then going to to share a new hoster accept other players, be part of the move, but they're probably better than having an all countries around the world. even there are more war situation in india or in, in united states and other countries. very spawns not actually to crush the democratic or situations. the democracy sometimes has no answ

center. >> good morning, . i am the director of the middle east program here at the wilson center. welcome to our event this morning, the gaza cease-fire, what's next? we have a distinguished panel this morning to discuss the latest developments on the israeli-palestinian arena and the biden policy, particularly after the cease-fire that followed violence that took the lives of more than 200 palestinians, including 66 children. we are glad to welcome the president and ceo of the wilson center to introduce our panel. we also welcome acting assistant secretary joey hood and the ambassador of egypt to the united states to discuss egypt's role in brokering the negotiation as well as a member of the washington institute to discuss his views after his most recent trip to israel and the west bank. and then ambassador james jeffrey will discussed the strategic implications of the conflict. >> thank you, marissa. welcome to the wilson center. i am mark green and i have the honor of leading our remarkable team of scholars and analysts. congress chartered the wilson center five decades ago to

this is the director of the center for middle east studies of university of oklahoma. it says is very little, the syrian government can do to tackle the crisis. syria doesn't have money. russia is and china and so forth. are willing to invest a little bit and but only in industries like oil phosphates, where they can get their rewards and get their, their money back out. so this isn't, this is a very bad situation. iraq, as we know, is, is, is near bankruptcy. lebanon just fell into bankruptcy, so the main trading partners, jordan as well, that syria would normally count on for investment, for tourism, for trade are all in desperate situation. and this is a region wide collapse. and the gulf countries are where everybody is looking and they are beginning to men relations with syria, but still they won't invest. and, and that's, that means that us has a really hard time trying to generate some kind of investment because where's it going to come from? him is repack creating a group for women and children from a prison camp. i saw suspects in ne syria. the 10 children and

well, earlier i spoke to joshua landis his director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. he says there's very little the city in government can do to tackle the economic crisis. that's the desperate situation of the syrians . they are waiting to hear for some light at the end of the tunnel, and he made a lot of excuses. is saying that the lebanese collapse of the banking system in lebanon. where, where almost all syrians did their banking and held their whatever money they had, were held these lebanese accounts. and he was counting on that money to be invested in syria for rebuilding. but as, as he said, somewhere near $40000000000.00 disappeared. and, and it's very hard because other countries, whether it's lebanon on the gulf countries, iraq are not allowed to invest in syria or they may be sanctioned companies from outside. so here we are in a desperate situation. the average during has about 20 percent of the wealth that they had before the revolution. i know my wife's relatives are all suffering terribly. they get about one to 2 hours of electricity a da

change lower but manly out if there are not long yet, it is a senior fellow in middle east on a list of the out of center, he's joining us live on skype from washington dc. good to have with us on all to 0 . what do you think that the president would have to do now in order to reassure the people of chinese and countries, particularly in the gulf that this was not a qu? i think the best step to actually to read to what you, what you've done. because according to going to the fusion, i think he has the only version. he's understanding that she can discharge the government. he can do sort of the parliament, the best thing they can do right now to undo what he's done before. and i'm sure i'm not sure he has the character to do that because he's a clear, he's stubborn. he is not all been, are you to on your the out of the but he's got parties the invited all civil society organization for the police that he has such an attitude against the police stations as a rob and this is the same attitude for popular leaders we have seen in your body and he says during administration, i think this is a dangerous more i

the government, that was the case across the middle east and north africa, the globe back against the center. and the coverage just grew worse back right now. and 2000 people have been arrested. those governments have also diversified their dissemination of propaganda out sources. what was once the responsibility of state own channel, to privately owned some newly taken over by the state. others just eager to please egypt meeting, have proven night after night that more voices do not add up to a plurality of opinion. journalism, such a critical component at the notes of the arab spring has become one of its long term casualty. rejection state under see is not a practitioner of the old style of again, where you have the one news anchor of the state deliver your child that everybody watches who says what the leaders want you to hear. for the very 1st time, a lot of the main television channels in egypt are directly on by the egyptian military. right? this is new. this did not use to be the case. that's dynamic number one. dynamic number 2 is the unleashing of these larger than life, insufferab

host: our guest is james jeffrey, the chair of the middle east program at the wilson center.e began his career as a vietnam veteran serving in the u.s. army. thank you very much for spending part of your saturday with us. we appreciate it. we want to turn our attention to other issues. i, can is going to join us -- michael mccann is going to join us on the ncaa and the compensation of athletes. and we will have a saturday spotlight on magazines looking at section 230, what is it and what does it mean in terms of the internet? "washington journal" continues. it is saturday, july 3. we will be back in a moment. ♪ >> which presidents rank best to worst? join us live on "washington journal for a conversation about the survey of presidential leadership with our survey advisors giving insight on the newest rankings. we will discuss the results. join in on the conversation with the historians. richard morton smith, biographer, and the chair of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. watch "washington journal" live sunday, july 4. before the program, go online to see the results

. >> reporter: this center of power and prestige in the volatile middle east host resilient and diverse people who live here refuse to let the terrorists win. >> reporter: the hallowed ground of the city has been the backdrop for violence and conflict andemic to the region and sadly show little signs of abating. these stories and so many others have brought me to jerusalem as a cnn reporter. i've been coming to this region for this years. so much about the people who live there and made deeply personal discoveries. >> it's part of my effort to find out more about my own personal roots. >> reporter: jerusalem extends far beyond its original boundaries, ottoman empire in the 16th century that now formed what we call the old city, a u.n. designated world heritage site. the old city is divided into four quarters. muslim, christian, jewish and ar mea armenian where the bible king solomon built first temple around 1,000 bc. it was subsequently destroyed 400 years later by babylonian invaders and also located on the temple mount, the mosque and the dome of the rock. nearby is the western wall

it is going to be the middle east that takes center stage and we are seeing brent at its highest since 2018, up more than 3/10 of 1%. you have two possible outcomes at the extremes. potentially you have not an agreement reached, and that is very bullish, or you don't have one and that is very bearish. looking at the csi 300, we have china continuing to crackdown on big tech, focusing in on didi. looking in europe, actually moving higher, it had been negative for most of the day, but now the europe stoxx 600, up with basic resources leading those gains thanks to stronger commodity prices. basically every growth stock is heading higher after what seems to be a bidding war. currently apollo looks like they might get involved and might put a bid in for morrison as well because the brits love their grocery stores, but private equity funds in the u.s. love them even more. matt: it will be interesting to watch who gets that is the price continues to ratchet higher. let's take a look at what is going on this week. we have already talked about and will continue to talk about opec , not just bec

. >> this center of power and prestige in the volatile middle east is home to a diverse and resilientcious attacks such as the bombing of a cafe in 2002. the hallowed ground of this city has been the backdrop for violence and conflict endemic to the region and the tensions between israelis and palestinians sadly show little signs of abating. these stories and so many others have brought me to jerusalem as a cnn reporter. >> i've been coming to this ream for many years. i've learned so much about the people who live there and even made some deeply personal discoveries. jerusalem today extends far beyond its original boundaries, walls rebuilt by the ottoman empire that now reforms the old city, a u.n. heritage designated site. divided into four quarters, muslim, christian, jewish and armenian. the temple mount is where the bible says king solomon built the first temple around 1000 b.c. also located on the temple mount, the mosque and the dome of the rock. nearby is the western wall where jews pray. it is also commonly visited by world leaders and dignitaries. in the christian quarters,

. >> this center of power and prestige in the volatile middle east is home to a diverse and resilientncluding after terrorist attacks such as the bombing of c the cafe in 2002. the people that live here refuse to let the terrorists win. the hallow ground is the back drop for violence and conflict to the region and the tensions between israelis and palestinians sadly show little signs of evadievading. these stories and so many others brought me to jerusalem as a cnn reporter. i've have been coming to this weeken for many years. i've learned so much about the people that live there and made deeply personal discoveries. it's part of my effort to find out more about my own personal roots. jerusalem today stands far beyond the original boundaries. walls built in the 16th century form the old city a u.n. designated world heritage site. the old city is divided into four quarters, muslim, christian, jewish and armenian. the temple is where the bible says king solomon built the first temple around 1,000 b.c. it was subsequently destroyed 400 years later by invaders. also located on the temple

for near east process -- policy and connect them to the broader international and historical context. finally, we will hear from wilson center's phone ambassador jim jeffries, chair of the middle east program. marissa, back to you to get this truly intriguing conversation underway. >> thank you very much, ambassador green, for your opening remarks. before i pass the floor over, i would like to remind everyone that at any time during the webcast, you may submit a question by tagging@wilson centerwp or you can use wilson center.org. >> thank you. ambassador jeffrey come investor green, mr. makovsky, it's a pleasure to be here with all of these people and it's quite an honor for me and it's good to see you all again. i'm not planning on making big news today. i think i will give you a basic idea of what the administration's approach was which i don't think will be a lot of news to you but maybe to some of the viewers here, it will be worthwhile. basically, stop the dying, stabilize the situation, get humanitarian assistance in, and then look for ways we can actually start putting in place the conditions and parameters to be able to start talking about a two state solution again.

. >> this center of power and prestige in the volatile middle east is home to a diverse and resilientncluding after terrorist attacks, such as the bombing of the cafe in 2002. the people who live here refuse to let the terrorists win. >> the hallowed ground of this city has been the backdrop of violence and conflict, endemic to the region. and the tension between israelis and palestinians, sadly, show little signs of abating. these stories and so many others have brought me to jerusalem as a cnn reporter. i have been coming to this region for many years. i have learned so much about the people who live there and even made some deeply personal discoveries. >> it's part of my effort, to find more about my own, personal roots. >> walls rebuilt by the ottoman empire in the 16th century that, now, form what is called the old city. a u.n.-designated world heritage site. the old city is divided into four quarters. muslim, christian, jewish, and armenian. the temple mount, is where the bible says king solomon built the first temple around 1,000 b.c. it was subsequently destroyed 400 years lat

turkey is a center of a complex geopolitical crossroads where the middle east meet and it borders increasingly important mediterranean and black seas. first and foremost, we must discuss direct bilateral relationship between the west and turkey which german has already done and i'm going to add to and at a deeper level, the relationship across the region. turkey is deeply interconnected and of course we must deal with them. before delving into the problem, i have to say how painful this is, turkey has been a longtime ally of the united states and european partners. obviously they are a nato ally even though they are not acting like an ally at this time. nonetheless, they are in in the nato alliance images very painful to see the country deteriorate as it has deteriorated and all of the nato partners have had to the values and the things we value in nato. the most pressing aspect is the acquisition and continued use of the missile system. this remains an impasse and has now grown the most significant part of our relationship and it deeply troubling. it is unacceptable to reap the benefit of the

middle east. there was a trade gratitude for the americans, but not anymore. and like they have taken a center of the iranian bus on do we have loss of sovereignty. we have also independence and very few people now and in our fields. and it kind of got you to united states or to rumsfeld anymore. what was the feeling immediately after the end of the last iraq war to, towards the us and towards donald rumsfeld, for people who perhaps are approaching this for the 1st time did a right really feel well disposed if you'd like towards the u. s. and how did that develop or not over the, the following years? most of the rockies, if not all, were hoping to get so damaging by any means possible. so one day in the united states and beta did, i can thought that a jean, the people were so happy and they felt great gratitude to the americans. and especially with the hopes raised at that time with the message from the americans to change it. i can to establish a new regime with democracy with prosperity. we were so happy and doing a lot of hopes came out of it. unfortunately, this was not really fruitful and

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middle east as currently. he said the people who flew their planes into the world trade center were not cowards. i remember people boycotted some of the advertisers on the show. he lost that show and went to hbo where he didn't have to worry about the advertising. i think that is the safest place for him. >> many other people have asked what are your thoughts on the news today that trump had asked the justice department to go after "snl" for making fun of him. >> this is such a wild story. >> that is what the justice department is for, they go after people who make fun of you? [laughter] >> what is wild is that you have an administration that is all about anti-cancer culture and how dare they try to police our speech. and yet as president, i am going to look into the fcc, the fec, and the justice department to see if they can stop jimmy kimmel live from making fun of me. it is so fascinating. not sure if he in that regard is nefarious and anti-democratic or just not smart about what is actually a violation of people's first amendment rights. i am not sure. but i think it is fascinating. i think

turkey is the center of a complex geopolitical crosswords where europe, asia and the middle east meet at the borders and it borders the increasingly mediterranean black seas. firstt and foremost we must discuss the direct bilateral relationship between the united states and turkey which of course i'm going to add to and at a deeper level, the rule the relationship plays in the mediterranean across the region. turkey is deeply interconnected and of course we must deal with them. before we delve into the problems, i have to say how painful this is. turkey has been a long-term ally in the united states and our european partners. obviously they are a nato ally though they are not acting like an ally at this time. nonetheless, they are in the nato alliance and it is painful. the country deteriorating as it has deteriorated and left the commitments that we all of the nato t partners have had to the values and things that we value in the most pressing aspect of the relationship is the acquisition to continue the system. this issue remains at an impasse and has now grown to define the most si

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center for general austin to recalibrate what we do. >> certainly, and recalibrate where the troop deployment is, the level of deployment we have and presence we have particularly in the middle eastwe also still have a presence in iraq, one of the main criticisms , influential career and a controversial career for donald rumsfeld. in iraq particularly, the criticism was about engagement in leaving. what was the plan to leave these countries and clearly you see the united states has been dealt there in the middle east for number of presidents that have struggled to get troops out. lisa: the long war overseas and back at home has to do with infrastructure. this time, infrastructure week is trying to get something done. the latest is the white house is trying to pressure the gop by talking about how infrastructure, bridges, roads are crumbling. is the gop their main concern at this point? >> i don't think the gop is the main concern in terms of hard infrastructure in the senate. i take you to the house yesterday because that is where the action was where speaker pelosi came out again and said the house will not, she reiterated the redline in the sand, the house will not vote on a bi

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center. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of the middle east program here at the wilson center. welcome to our event this morning, the gaza cease-fire, what's next? we have a distinguished panel this morning to discuss the latest developments on the israeli-palestinian arena and bi