Explainer 385: Saudi Arabia and Israel

Andrew Mueller explains how the most recent Catalonian elections show that voters’ nationalist appetites may be waning.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Olaf Scholz visited the First German Brigade, which is stationed in Lithuania as part of Berlin’s new commitment to defend the Baltic states. But is Nato ready for Russia’s next move? We speak with Lithuania’s foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Marion Messmer of Chatham Ho ...  Show more

After Liz Truss resigned from the UK’s top job, that nation faces even more political and economic chaos. Fareed asks Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief at The Economist, what comes next? Then, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses Israel's potential n ...  Show more

Andrew Parasiliti discusses developments in Israel with Al-Monitor Israel correspondent Ben Caspit, including what to expect from the new emergency government; whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will proceed with annexation of Jewish settlements in the West Bank ...

<div dir="ltr"> On October 2, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, seeking to retrieve some marriage documents relating to his upcoming wedding.  He never came out. Turkish authorities believe he was tortured and murdered by Saudi intellig ...  Show more

Jake Tapper goes one-on-one with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They discuss the surge of violence between Israelis and Palestinians and how the Israeli leader envisions any sort of peace deal, the backlash to his new right-wing coalition government, and whether Israe ...  Show more