with ray suarez -- his podcast on shifting ground with ray suarez, as well as his book. to the program. guest: it is great to be with you. host: talk about on shifting ground, what you discuss and how you choose what to focus on. guest: well, mainly in a foreign affairs-based program looking at problems around the world, challenges around the world, events around the world, and particularly the american connection to those places rather than just picking them out of thin air. we come from the premise that the united states is heavily involved in the affairs of the world. there are a lot of things being done in your name, citizen. this is what we are up to. host: a lot of your episodes have focused on the israeli-palestinian conflict, including a few weeks ago an episode focused on whether or not the u.s.-israel relationship might be in trouble. how have these recent developments, including the successful cooperation with recent iranian attacks and passage of financial foreign aid for israel, how do you think that has affected the u.s. relationship or shifted the ground,

with ray suarez -- his podcast on shifting ground with ray suarez, as well as his book. to the program. guest: it is great to be with you. host: talk about on shifting ground, what you discuss and how you choose what to focus on. guest: well, mainly in a foreign affairs-based program looking at problems around the world, challenges around the world, events around the world, and particularly the american connection to those places rather than just picking them out of thin air. we come from the premise that the united states is heavily involved in the affairs of the world. there are a lot of things being done in your name, citizen. this is what we are up to. host: a lot of your episodes have focused on the israeli-palestinian conflict, including a few weeks ago an episode focused on whether or not the u.s.-israel relationship might be in trouble. how have these recent developments, including the successful cooperation with recent iranian attacks and passage of financial foreign aid for israel, how do you think that has affected the u.s. relationship or shifted the ground,