The war triggered by Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel has entered Day 5. In Ep 1327 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the larger Middle East picture, the equations between its bigger powers — Saudi Arabia and Iran — and the US role in the region, to explain how they tie into the war, and why the violence has potential implications for the Indo-Pacific framework.----more----Watch Cut The Clutter 'Netanyahu & Mossad chief meet MBS & Pompeo' here: https://youtu.be/HL3eFRc98ho----more----Read Suzanne Maloney’s article here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/israel-hamas-end-americas-exit-strategy-suzanne-maloney----more----Read Steven A. Cook’s article here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/09/hamas-attack-israel-palestine-war-iran-saudi-normalization-middle-east-future/----more----Read The New York Times article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/us/politics/biden-saudi-arabia-israel-palestine-nuclear.html----more----Read Ali A. Rizvi’s tweets here: https://twitter.com/aliamjadrizvi/status/1711867766334992468