“We ought not deal in the soft bigotry of low expectations of the Palestinians” – Sgt. Benjamin Anthony, Our Soldiers Speak.

This is the first podcast in a series on Jewish and Israeli issues - so let's start with the biggest of them all: peace with the Palestinians.

Brigadier General Amir Avivi (ret.) and Sgt. Benjamin Anthony of The New State Solution were in London to meet Egyptian officials to discuss their plan to create a Palestinian state from Gaza to North Sinai.

Egypt is key to realising their vision as they would have to cede land for the New State.

But then so is the agreement of the Arabs of the West Bank and the Gazans too.

Can they do it? Is there a window of opportunity opening with the thawing of relations with Saudi and Oman? Listen to the opportunities they believe are available.

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