The Middle East seemed to be moving in the right direction under President Trump. The Abraham Accords were signed, and it looked like peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia was around the corner. So what went wrong, and how can the current direction be reversed?

Join JNS CEO and Jerusalem bureau chief Alex Traiman in this episode of “TALX” with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. Friedman discusses his tenure as Washington’s envoy to Jerusalem and the process of Middle East normalization that began under President Donald Trump.

They also discuss Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks and the ongoing war; Israel’s handling of the Gaza Strip; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington; Friedman’s new book, One Jewish State; shifting away from a two-state paradigm; a future Trump administration; and enduring optimism for a lasting peace.

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