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US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.
As US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to examine Muslim Brotherhood chapters in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon to see whether those branches should be designated as terror organizations, Magid notes that other countries were not included, including Turkey and Qatar, which have close ties to the US.
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The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is wrapping up five months of operations in Gaza, saying its model is being adopted by the Civil-Military Coordination Center, headquartered in Kiryat Gat, while Magid notes that, in fact, the original UN-backed model appears to be back in place in Gaza.
The US is trying to get construction efforts underway in Gaza on the Israeli side of the ceasefire’s Yellow Line, with first efforts aimed at clearing rubble from the Rafah area in order to build alternative safe communities. Magid discusses the pushback from Israel’s governing coalition, which is concerned with the issue of Hamas disarmament, while it’s also unclear if Gazans would want to live under Israeli control.
Magid also talks about the revelation that US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee held a private meeting in July with Jonathan Pollard, the former US Navy analyst who served 30 years in a US prison for spying for Israel. Magid says there is widespread anger in the US administration about the meeting.
Check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Trump launches process aimed at potentially sanctioning Muslim Brotherhood
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announces end of operations in Strip after 5 months
Construction of first US-backed housing compound said to begin this week in Rafah
Pollard: Anti-Israel elements in US administration leaked my Huckabee meeting to get him fired
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