right at you know and actually pose a direct threat to millions of israeli citizens we know that hizbullah we know that iran capacities are such that they can directly threaten israeli citizens in the northern part of israel but also deep into the center of the heart of israel the biggest metropolitan area which is tel aviv ok so this is the message that's any i was going to be sending out the the motto of the munich security conference this year is to the brink and back what you're telling me that is that we are very much at the brink of a conflict in the middle east conflict between israel and iran even though it may be via iran proxies iranian proxy militias or. the people that i'm talking to in the middle east i have far fewer contacts the new the telling me it's not a question of if there's going to be a conflict between those two actors israel and iran but when do you see it the same way we really on the brink of conflict in the middle east well there's no doubt i mean we can see also a feat if you take lebanon you know if we want to take iran influence in the region we break it into

then i believe the syrians and the iranian interests inside syria as well as perhaps lebanon if hizbullah deigns to to get involved will suffer a lot more than than israel in the israeli population was somebody. said a few days ago that he would never allow the iranians to maintain a permit is busy presence in iran for quite some time the debate about syria was about the need to find a peaceful way out of this crisis with thousands of people were killed but suddenly this whole narrative is shifting towards something else the potential for an explosive situation where the iranians might find themselves fighting against the israelis how is this seen by the iranian decision makers well my understanding is that in iran the view is basically that this is more about netanyahu and his wife than anything else this recent event and they basically want to turn attention away from the charges that are being leveled against them and this of course the fact that israel these last highly advance of sixteen i think make this make this actually much worse for letting. the iranians will stay in syria's lo

along the same line israel wants to avoid a third war in lebanon and the third war will ensue if hizbullah gets precision guided munitions which are going to be launched against the israeli air force so these rather the air force and other israeli combat arms of trying to prevent hezbollah from getting those munitions by attacking them as they are being delivered through syria from iran via syria to lebanon and this is the background to the rates which you have just mentioned a mirror and that defense and government analyst a very insightful and a thank you so much for joining us here on r.t. international. a woman in california who's been a prominent face of the anti harassment me to movement has found herself at the center of a sexual misconduct controversy and she's been accused by at least two men of inappropriate behavior jacqueline buka has details. democratic assemblywoman christina garcia has a reputation as a fierce advocate for women and has gained national recognition for condemning sexual misconduct oh wait this. story thank you we should not have to be on your shoulders to mak

mostest said syria and north korea were not the only rogue states he said iran was building its hizbullah militia into a large proxy army what iran is actually doing is applying the hezbollah model to the greater middle east in which they they want weak governments in power they want the arab world to be perpetually weak. and if we governments in power. are dependent on iran for support kept at bay by thousands of police demonstrators gathered in the falling snow around the conference center they come every year to oppose nato uncool for disarmament. but this year the demonstration has been different it's been mobbed by a large contingent of kurdish demonstrators protesting against the turkish incursion against the kurdish enclave in northern syria to the turkish claims of making war an effort there are lots of kids in there for and they are dying it's forbidden the british prime minister to reason may began the day at the conference with a keynote speech calling for a special relationship with the european union on security off the brakes it so as we leave the e.u. and fortune new paltz

the joint operations room that's run by iran syria russia and hizbullah in syria and in the war against terrorism in there they have stressed that their drone base at the four in central holmes province in central syria has come under attack by the ease release and they have followed rejected these really allegations that their drone was flying into israeli aerospace stressing that their drone has never come close even to the borders with israel basically speaking this is nothing new israel has been you know all raiding galaxy orient facilities military facilities all in various parts of the country for the last several years that the country has been gauged in war on various militant groups you know the iran and its allies in syria they are all looking at this story this single incidents incident as well as similar incidents in the past as a serious problem occasioned by the israeli regime because now the war the proxy war is coming to an end this war of attrition after seven years the israelis are trying to weaken syrian military capability by you know escalating tensions and nobody h

having me well as a matter of fact the joint operations room that's run by iran syria russia and hizbullah in syria and in the war against terrorism in there they have stressed that their drone base at the four in central holmes province in central syria has come under attack by the ease release and they have rejected these really allegations that they're drone was flying into israeli aerospace stressing that they're drone and never come close even to the borders with syria with israel basically speaking this is nothing new israel has been you know raiding theory and facilities military facilities in various parts of the country for the last several years that the country has been gauged in war on various militant groups they've been giving medical treatment on their soil in occupied golan heights to the end nostra and other militant groups they've been giving free pass to them to move from northwestern syria to southwest through the israeli territory they have been. raiding syrian forces as soon as they win a battle in contact right and likely bring it back. we can make out the iranians a