Mid-atlantic - Conversations About Us, Uk And World Politics

With the situation intensifying in Israel and Palestine, the podcast brings insights from Adam Block from Efrat Israel, Daniel Boardman, the Senior Correspondent for the National Telegraph in Canada, and Dr. Ibrahim Haroub from Hebron on the West Bank, a professor at Bethlehem University specialising in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The episode captures the tumultuous events in the Middle East, from potential invasions to the significant role of the US in the ongoing crisis.Roifield Brown introduces the episode by highlighting the escalating conflict in Israel and Palestine. He mentions the potential invasion of Gaza by Israel, which has mobilized its entire armored corps and called up 360,000 reservists. Amidst this tension, US officials are pressing Israel to delay its attack, hoping to negotiate the release of hostages held by Hamas. The situation worsened when a hospital was bombed, leading to over 500 casualties in Gaza. In the West Bank, Israeli forces have detained 120 Palestinians. As the situatio