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A (0:00)
Foreign. You are listening to an art media podcast. Hi, it's Dan. This is a sneak peek from the members only edition of our show Inside Call Me Back, where we pull back the curtain and have the conversations we typically have after the cameras stop rolling. This week, Tal Becker was on the hot seat taking your questions. I hope you enjoyed this segment and if you want to get the full episode and support our mission at ARC Media, please become an inside Call Me Back member by following the link in the description or by going to ark media.org that's ark media.org and to all our insiders, thank you. It's your support that keeps the lights on at ARC Media. Welcome to the inside edition of the Call Me Back podcast where we pull back the curtain and have the conversations we typically have after the cameras stop rolling. Thank you for subscribing to the show and supporting the Call Me Back podcast and everything we do here at ark. It makes a real difference and we cannot thank you enough. With me today, taking your questions, your comments and your personal dilemmas, is our newest ARC media contributor, Dr. Tal Becker. Tal, welcome back to the Inside.
B (1:23)
Thank you, Dan. It's good to be on the inside.
A (1:26)
And our listeners know your background. But just to remind folks, longtime Israeli peace negotiator, longtime diplomatic and legal advisor to numerous Israeli governments, and vice president, the Hartman Institute. And we're thrilled to have you as part of our regular rotation here because I know our subscribers, our insiders are going to have a ton of questions for you whenever you're on. So I want to get right into it, but I do want to just correct something I said and I think maybe the last inside Call Me Back I referred to Brazil. The Jewish community in Brazil is one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. It is 100,000 strong, so that is not nothing. But it is actually ranked 10th in the world, which is nowhere near where I said. So on the one hand, I apologize to our listeners and to the crowdsourcing that occurs among our listeners to fact check what we do here.
B (2:18)
It's a formidable community, Dan. Whatever its size, it punches above its weight.
A (2:23)
Exact. And we've gotten many invitations to come appear there. For me to come speak there, I haven't been able to, but at some point I would love to. It's a terrific community. All right, so Tal, I'm just going to jump into this. Adam from New Albany, Ontario in Canada writes, does it really matter if Saudi Arabia signs on to the Abraham Accords? Please give your reasons why or why not. And I should say that the reason this issue of Saudi normalization or lack of Saudi normalization is getting renewed attention is because Amit had in his newsletter and the title of today's newsletter was Normalization is Dead. So he's basically arguing, based on his reporting and his analysis, that the Saudis have shifted away from the path to normalization. So, Tal, you've on our podcast and, you know, gotten into the pros and cons and various trade offs to consider as it relates to Saudi normalization. So we don't have to revisit that. But let's get right to what's new. What is Amit referring to here?