Israel Defies Trump as a New Regional Bloc Begins to Emerge | Palestine This Week

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we begin with Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of Trump’s Gaza plan and the growing power of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. We also discuss the emerging Saudi-Turkiye-Pakistan security alignment, shifting Gulf politics and Israel’s efforts to manufacture evidence against Iran with the aim of inciting US bombing of the Islamic Republic. The conversation then turns to how Washington’s longstanding alliance with Israel continues to shape US policy in the Middle East, the role of Islamophobia in sustaining that relationship.1:15 Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza plan: Is Hamas a politically useful bogeyman?08:11 Why is Trump allowing Netanyahu to defy and undermine him?13:55 Has Israel lost control of its settlers in the occupied West Bank?20:09 Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye: Is a new Muslim strategic bloc emerging?22:46 Has Saudi Arabia accepted the limits of US power after the Iran war?27:15 Are new fault lines emerging between Saudi Arabia and the Abraham Accords states?32:25 How Israel manufactured evidence of an Iranian nuclear threat37:44 Robert Kagan, US Islamophobia and the blowback from America’s support for Israel