007 - Egypt, Israel, and Foreign Aid (ft. tariff update)

With an initial digression into the latest twist in our collective tariff troubles. 

We get numerous dates wrong in this episode, though usually only slightly. Sorry.

USA foreign aid data table
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uBdYn-IWa_WYU-U_zIZmHW3BRRp0u1Xi/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115775887288997073359&rtpof=true&sd=true 
(populated from https://foreignassistance.gov/data)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Israel_peace_treaty 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Intifada 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Intifada 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIPAC

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An increasingly complex world is one that is increasingly filled with scams, tricks, and grifts. deGRIFTify is a discussion podcast intended to cut through some of that haze. Hosts Thomas and Joel summarize contemporary issues by identifying hidden interests, highlighting contradicting narratives, and drawing comparisons between familiar and unfamiliar subjects.

[licensing]
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Intro, edits in volume only
Skimel - Double tracked distorted electric guitar playing chords.ogg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double_tracked_distorted_electric_guitar_playing_chords.ogg

Outro, edits in volume only
Claude Reid - Acoustic Jazz Quartet no1 (métronome à 100 ) accompagnement.flac
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acoustic_Jazz_Quartet_no1_(m%C3%A9tronome_%C3%A0_100_)_accompagnement.flac

Transitional sound effects, heavily distorted
Robin Huw Bowen - Y Fwyalchen, from the 2015 album Iaith Enaid
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Y_Fwyalchen_-_Robin_Huw_Bowen.ogg