Eran Lerman on Israel and Jordan as Partners

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MEF speech-to-text, word-timed; edited only to withhold private names and to correct misheard public names, in square brackets. Timecodes are source time; each opens the source at that second.

1. 18:33Iraq falls into the hands of murderous radicals who butchered the Hashemite family in
2. 18:38nineteen fifty-eight. Uh, his, uh...
3. 18:41the Saudis hate him because they conquered the Hejaz from his, uh, his
4. 18:47great-grandfather, from the Sharif Hussein, and they will never forgive the
5. 18:51Hashemites for what they did to the Hashemites, if, if you know how that works.
6. 18:55And so the, uh, uh, he's besieged from all over, uh, by friendly
7. 19:02Arab countries. Uh, he used to say to his Israeli interlocutors, "You know, you are
8. 19:07lucky you have enemies. I am surrounded by friends,"

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