Biden’s plan for a US-Saudi-Israeli peace deal

08/31/23 • 19 min

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Gideon talks to Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about the strength of bipartisan support for Ukraine and about President Joe Biden’s proposed “grand bargain” that could see Saudi Arabia and Israel normalise diplomatic relations in return for American security guarantees. Clip: CBS News

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Joe Biden makes his big Middle East push: a Saudi Arabia-Israel pact

Grand Delusion — America’s imposition on incompatible Middle East realities

Ukraine launches biggest drone attack yet inside Russian territory

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