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Eight weeks ago, Israel was on the verge of a historic peace treaty with Saudi Arabia. This significant development was supposed to normalize relations between Israel and much of the Arab world, and to restart the peace process with the Palestinians. The treaty was a major threat to Hamas, and the trigger for the attack they launched on October 7. Hamas' aim was not just to kill Israeli civilians, but to prevent the peace process. Israeli victory in the war must mean a return to the peace process. Watch the rest of @AriMelber's interview with Yuval Noah Harari on the Israel-Hamas war, for @MSNBC: www.youtube.com/watch Filmed on November 14th, 2023.