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And what that means is this city has been under siege, it's been under Russian occupation for a while, and it's mostly elderly people who are still left there.

And in order to leave, that path is so dangerous, it's what the Atlantic Council calls the road of death, because there are so many landmines in order to get out of there.

So what the militaries are doing right now is they're actually demining this route in order to then allow humanitarian aid to then go in.

And based on your conversations with the first lady's office, what was it that spurred her engagement in this? What was it that caused her to get involved? Did she just pick up the phone and start calling people? Was this coordinated with the State Department? Kind of take us behind the scenes about how all this came together for Melania Trump.

I am Andres Bokoini.

In this episode, I speak with Ahmed Fuad Al-Khatib, a Gaza native, author of Hamas and Its Two Million Hostages, and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where he leads the Realign for Palestine project.

Ahmed left Gaza as a teenager on a cultural exchange program and was blocked from returning home by Hamas's violent takeover in 2007.

He spent the year since building a career as one of the most outspoken Palestinian critics of Hamas while remaining unapologetically committed to Palestinian statehood and self-determination.

Thanks for taking the time to speak to me.

I have been in Washington now for a couple of years.

The Atlantic Council, which is a foreign policy think tank.

I was in the San Francisco Bay Area prior to that working in for a charity where it focused on global health and poverty alleviation in a philanthropic setting.

Before stepping into that role, Katerina spent more than a decade reporting from Washington, D.C. as Kathi Merini's Washington correspondent and columnist, covering major political and economic developments from the State Department, U.S. Treasury, IMF, and other institutions at the center of global decision-making.

She is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, previously served as Sky TV's Washington correspondent and founded News Intelligence, an advisory firm focused on geopolitics, financial diplomacy, and strategic communications.

Few have had a closer view of how relationships between Greece and America has evolved.

Today we're going to talk about the new Greece, why international businesses and investors are paying attention, the growing economic relationships with the United States, the power of the Greek diaspora, and where the biggest opportunities may be heading next.

Ambassador Daniel Shapiro, former U.S.

Ambassador to Israel, then the Obama Administration Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Always pleased to have him on to give his insights, particularly in moments like these.

What helps to have somebody who really knows Israel to help us unpack what is the path forward for that government and what the impact will be on us between now and the time they figure it out.

And it's mostly elderly people who are still left there.

And in order to leave, that path is so dangerous, it's what the Atlantic Council calls the road of death, because there are so many landmines in order to get out of there.

So what the militaries are doing right now is they're actually demining this route in order to then allow humanitarian aid to then go in.

And based on your conversations with the first lady's office, what was it that spurred her engagement in this? What was it that caused her to get involved? Did she just pick up the phone and start calling people? Was this coordinated with the State Department? Kind of take us behind the scenes about how all this came together for Melania Trump.

For now, both Eisenkot and Netanyahu have explicitly ruled out entering into a coalition with the Arab bloc.

Shalom Lipner is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative.

and a former staffer to seven consecutive Israeli prime ministers, including Mr. Netanyahu.

He joins me now from Jerusalem, where it's just after 9am in the morning.

In the case of Netanyahu, the fact that there was such a strong showing in that sector may also have taken some of the wind out of his sails in terms of the amount of votes they were able to garner as well.

So I'm not sure exactly we can call them a kingmaker, but clearly their influence is going to be felt.

Shalom Lipner is non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative and a former staffer to seven consecutive Israeli prime ministers.

He's with me now on the Radio National Hour.

No.

So, I mean, like at the time you were doing battery storage development and then we go on and kind of finagle you into the Atlantic Council, there's a Venice Energy Fellowship.

What was it like doing that fellowship?

So that fellowship was fantastic.

Looking forward to seeing you next week in Washington, D.C.

I guess I'll just flag that we're going down for a little roundtable with Atlantic Council.

Talk a little bit about that uh in the next little while uh talk about canada us energy yeah

day day after the midterms it's gonna be very exciting that'll be very interesting