Middle East: Why the US election matters - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

In the sixth and final of our pre-election series we look at America and... the Middle East. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM How could Kamala Harris or Donald Trump affect Israel, Gaza and the wider region? The spiral of violence in the Middle East – from the Hamas attacks on October 7, to the catastrophic loss of Palestinian life, to Israel’s growing fights with Hezbollah and Iran – has dominated US foreign policy and become a major issue in this year’s presidential election campaign. Harris and Trump both say they want to bring peace and security to the region. So how do they plan to do it? In this episode, Sumi Somaskanda speaks to the BBC’s International Editor Jeremy Bowen in Jerusalem and the BBC’s North America Correspondent Nada Tawfik. 00:00 Introduction 01:35 Middle East conflict looms over US election 04:08 When and why the US became so concerned with the Middle East 06:17 How much of a priority is the Middle East in US politics? 07:55 Is US influence in the region weakening? 11:40 What Kamala Harris might do differently to Joe Biden 14:46 What would Donald Trump's approach be? 16:10 What we can learn from Trump's first-term 19:19 Does Benjamin Netanyahu have a preferred candidate? 19:54 How people across the Middle East see the US election 20:37 Could this election be a turning point for US policy in the region? Watch more episodes of The Global Story here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvK8UQS79GwGLDl94Z3gkt You can listen to more episodes of The Global Story here. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvsd/episodes/downloads ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #uselection