Since the attack on October 7, 2023, many personalities from the Middle East have found themselves at the heart of the conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and even Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Lebanese Hezbollah. At each stage of its history since the mid-20th century, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been influenced by important figures. La Loupe profiles them in this series of podcasts with Frédéric Encel, geopolitologist and columnist at L’Express, and Corentin Pennarguear, senior reporter for the World department.
Little known today, Golda Meir is the only woman to have held the post of Prime Minister in Israel. In this first episode, we return in particular to his role in the Yom Kippur War and the existing parallels with Benjamin Netanyahu and the attack of October 7.
A fine strategist, this Egyptian leader waged war to obtain peace. In this episode, La Loupe tells how Anwar el-Sadat’s action led to the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978, and what they have become today.
Having become the “Che Guevara of the Middle East”, the founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization remained famous for his handshake with Israeli Yitzhak Rabin. In this third episode, we tell you about Yasser Arafat’s journey up to the signing of the Oslo Accords, before his loss of influence which gave way to the rise of Hamas.
Bashar al-Assad’s father was also president of Syria. In this latest episode, we tell you how Hafez el-Assad relied on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to impose Syrian influence on his Lebanese neighbor.
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