Downstream: This Damage Cannot Be Reversed w/ Daniel Levy

Downstream: This Damage Cannot Be Reversed w/ Daniel Levy

Author: Novara Media December 11, 2023 Duration: 1:06:09

Daniel Levy has had a front row seat at some of the most consequential peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine in the last two decades, as president of the U.S./Middle East Peace Project and as an adviser to former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak.

He sat down with Ash Sarkar to talk about the failure of the Oslo Accords, the central role of Gulf monarchies in negotiations, and how Israel responds to being labelled as an apartheid state.

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