Iran expert Kelly Magsamen joins Tommy and Ben to discuss Trump’s decision to designate the IRGC a terrorist organization. Then, Tommy and Ben discuss the Israeli elections, spies at Mar-a-Lago, Egypt’s President at the White House, protests in Sudan, fighting in Libya and Brexit. Then, author Patrick Radden Keefe joins to discuss his new book SAY NOTHING and the history of the IRA and the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Show Notes:

• New York Times: Netanyahu Vows to Start Annexing West Bank, in Bid to Rally the Right
• Washington Post: Netanyahu said Israel would annex settlements in the West Bank. Palestinians pledge to ‘resist.’
• Reuters: Netanyahu plays pre-election Trump card: settlement annexation
• Bloomberg: Netanyahu Floats Settlement Annexation After Trump’s Golan Move
• Associated Press: Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected
• New York Times: In Israel Election, the Future of the West Bank Is Now on the Ballot
• Washington Post: Israel’s Netanyahu, a political Houdini, is facing his toughest escape act yet
• NPR: How A Decade Of Netanyahu Has Reduced The Chances Of A 2-State Solution
• Wall Street Journal: Israel’s Election Is Seen as a Referendum on Netanyahu in a Country He Helped Transform
• New Yorker: Netanyahu, Gantz, and Five Scenarios for the Israeli Election