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‘Top Story,’ Ep. 9: ‘No Basis for Moving Forward With Two-State Solution’

Elliott Abrams, head of the Tikvah Fund and a foreign-policy veteran of the Reagan, Bush and Trump administrations, joins JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin to talk diplomacy, democracy and the future of American Jewry.

The two discuss President Joe Biden’s efforts to reinstate the Iran nuclear deal and the threat that poses to the region. They also delve into life in the Reagan, Bush and Trump administrations, in addition to the history of past failed efforts to pressure Israel into a two-state solution that the Palestinians don’t want and why the foreign-policy establishment never learns from its errors. Tobin and Abrams also discuss the greatest threats to the American Jewish community and possible answers to these problems.

Watch the video version of the podcast below on the JNS YouTube channel. Listen/Subscribe to the podcast Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart radio, Amazon or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, a senior contributor for The Federalist, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to many other publications. He covers the American political scene, foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy, the Jewish world and the arts. He hosts the JNS “Think Twice” podcast, both the weekly video program and the “Jonathan Tobin Daily” program, which are available on all major audio platforms and YouTube. Previously, he was executive editor, then senior online editor and chief political blogger, for Commentary magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia and editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. He has won more than 60 awards for commentary, art criticism and other writing. He appears regularly on television, commenting on politics and foreign policy. Born in New York City, he studied history at Columbia University.
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