The Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 12, 2016

In a major political shift, the Republican Party has approved a platform that does not call for a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Steven Simon, former senior director for Middle Eastern and North African affairs advising President Obama and author of Our Separate Ways: The Struggle for the Future of the U.S.–Israel Alliance (PublicAffairs, 2016), discusses the uncertain future of the relationship between Israel and America.

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