uh, first of all, it's in our interest to have peace in the middle east. first of all, we've been fighting so many wars, the american public is just sick of all these wars. the last thing we want are more wars in the middle east, oh my god, a war against iran. this is the last thing people want, right? we want peace. furthermore, we need a peaceful middle east so we can pivot to east asia, right? from the american point of view, the most serious threat on the planet is china. the united states has to contain china, we have to pivot to asia. we can't pivot to asia, because we're pin down in ukraine and now we're pin down in the middle east. this is not good. we want for sure to settle this one, right, to have a... situation like the one that existed before october 7th, remember jake sullivan said few weeks before october 7th, we haven't seen the middle east this peaceful for a long time, and he was very happy about that, and it made perfect sense from an american point of view, but that went away very quickly on october 7th, so we want peace. second point i

it’s regards to this situation in the middle east?— middle east?rtainly possible iran might be asking for something to that effect, and in fact, there were reports earlier today that supposedly russia might be transferring advanced weaponry to iran. those reports are very vague and they were in advance can be lots of different things, but the fact of the matter is the bigger story here is that one way or the other, russia's strategic convergence with iran is going to continue, along with russia continuing to empower iranian proxies in the region. the continuing to empower iranian proxies in the region. the west will be watching — proxies in the region. the west will be watching this _ proxies in the region. the west will be watching this very _ proxies in the region. the west will be watching this very closely - proxies in the region. the west will be watching this very closely and i i be watching this very closely and i just wonder what you think their strategy might be if they are looking at countering the influence of moscow this time when it co

has the threat of a major war in the middle east passed in the near future? karina aleksandrovna, how would you answer this question? you see, i would not take on such a thankless task as predicting such moments, because even if international mediators or the forces representing the parties agree on something, an excess of the performers is possible, the situation goes into a tailspin, therefore this risk remains from my point of view. that the threat remains a high degree of uncertainty, the whole point is that the human factor can intervene, well, and political contingency, we see that benjamin netanyahu wants to drag the united states of america into this conflict in every possible way, and very often he acts not only against the interests of the rest of the world, but also against the interests of the united states, it may well turn out that the states may be dragged into this conflict against their will. nikolai petrovich, can we say with certainty that the threat has passed? i think, unfortunately, we can say with certainty that the threat has not passe

well, we have a map of the middle east before our eyes. israel and iran, yes, well, so far it fits into the mainstream of the paradigm of strategic patience on the part of tehran, which in general in fact actually means a proxy war using militarized. allied to itself in the zone of the so-called shiite crescent, yes, but this term was introduced into circulation by the arabs in their time, this is actually, yes, countries such as iran itself, then iraq, syria, lebanon with access to the border with israel, so all these conflicts they have a tendency not just to escalate, yes, but to an increase in interdependence, plus there are also extra-regional conflicts, in general. connected yes, so here, unfortunately, we cannot say that there are no risks of a major conflict, a major war. igor aleksandrovich, i would also like to discuss with you the new leader of iran, the new president of iran, masoud, we have prepared a small reference, let's look at it and then discuss it in more detail. masoud pesishkian, the president of iran, who won the ear

well, we have a map of the middle east before our eyes. we are talking about whether the threat has passed. war, how would you answer this question? well, i think that in general the situation, unfortunately, is now in the middle east, which historically already, yes , one can say that historically, is characterized by increased conflict potential, has a tendency to escalate, unfortunately, we see multiple conflicts that remain in the region, and, what is very important, their mutual dependence, mutual influence is growing. well, take for example the israeli-palestinian conflict, a long-standing one, yes, at the same time the confrontation between the west and the yemeni houthis allied with oran, this is actually a military-political the confrontation between israel and iran, yes, well, for now it fits into the mainstream of the paradigm of strategic patience on the part of tehran , which in general in fact means a proxy war using paramilitary formations allied to itself in the zone of the so-called shiite crescent, yes, but this term was

we meet here at the critical moment for the middle east. we are extremely concerned that the region is closer than ever to a large-scale conflict that will be difficult to contain. the events of the past few days which have led to this meeting today have shown how fragile the situation is. japan strongly condemns the rocket attack on july 27 that killed 12 children and youth and wounded many others in the golan heights. the targeting of innocent civilians is absolutely unacceptable. we are aware of the announcement by the government of israel about the air strikes in beirut yesterday and the killing of hamas leader ismail haniyeh. japan is closely following the event with great concern and strongly urges all parties to de-escalate the situation. we fear the region is at the brink of all-out war. the international community should make all diplomatic efforts to avert this and japan , stands ready to do so in cooperation. let us not forget that the conflict began with the heinous october 7 attack on israel, and taking of hostages by hamas and

receive invitations to visit geneva rather than to those regions where we are really needed, the middle east should be a priority for council. visits which should not become political tourism to comfortable locations. it is necessary also to have second look at the question of how the presence on the ground of specialized missions could be reformatted primarily untso. we need to think about the possibility of strengthening mandate if necessary without tying it to the consent of both parties if needed. it's clear that that will never be received. general patrick. has twice brief the council already, underscoring specific practical questions which need to be resolved so that to breathe new life into his missions mandate, which is very much needed in the circumstances of the current escalation. we call on colleagues on the council to not sit id by but actively involve themselves in these discussions. the council cannot and not should close its eyes to what is happening in the middle east and for the benefit of one delegation neglect its direct mandate to maintain international peace and securit

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we'll come back to the middle east in just a minute, but let me take you to washington. do you think joe biden has any idea that any of this is happening or that we can credibly believe that laughing gas harris is in any sense a war leader preparing as commander in chief, acting commander in chief. to command the one-third of the entire american navy which is now in the persian gulf or in the eastern mediterranean uh who's running the show from the american point of view do you think? i think watching the americans uh media and uh intellectual and strategic study centers, i don't think joe biden is aware what... is happening in his room or around him, therefore who is leading the us today, it's the establishment, we have secretary of state, we have secretary of defense and we have team of people who are leading america, this is why we see very weak approach from america toward the middle east and we see very weak approach from america toward china instead of attacking china and provoking china into economic war that can spread and can have different consequences like chi

battle groups of us ships and supporting artillery support and all this stuff spread out in the middle east, so which means with the defeat of israel has to come with the defeat of the government of the united states of america, the military industrial complex, they joined at the hip, if israel has to go down, america has to go down with it, at least the... military haspecter, i just wanted to know what your view was on that. well, it's a very powerful question, as always from you and and beautifully expressed, the situation is as you describe it uh, though i wouldn't say joined at the hip, that suggests an equality uh, which i think does not exist between the two. i prefer my analogy, which is that israel is america's attack dog. as it was intended to be britain's attack dog uh deliberately planted in the sea of the arab middle east to maintain. a little loyal ulster, as a british cabinet member described it at the time, a place that would be loyal to the mother country rather than loyal to the environment in which it had been planted, so if i'm right and that the attack dog is israel and

we want peace. further more, we need a peaceful middle east so we can pivot to east asia, right? from american point of view, the most serious threat on the planet is china, the united states has to contain china, we have to pivot to asia, we can't pivot to asia because we're pin down in... traine and now we're pin down in the middle east. this is not good. we want for sure to settle this right, to have a situation like the one that existed before october 7th. remember jake sullamon said few weeks before october 7th, we haven't seen the middle east this peaceful for a long time and he was very happy about that and it made perfect sense from an american point of view. but that went away very quickly on october 7th, so we want peace. second point is we also care greatly about having friendly relations with as many states in the middle east as possible. why is that the case? the russians are already there, number one, and two, the chinese are beginning to move in. for all the older dogs, i noticed there a number of older dogs. in the audience, we all remember back in the day, right,

♪ >> tension in the middle east, following the killing of the political leader of hamas.ng israel. what will his death mean for cease-fire talks? the killing came hours after the idf hit back at has bella -- hezbollah in beirut. concerns are growing of a wider regional conflict. the bbc is shocked by the behavior of hugh edwards. police officers have been given time to continue questioning a 17-year-old boy arrested in the killing of three girls at a summer holiday dance class. police say there will be more arrests. benjamin netanyahu says his country has challenging days ahead but is prepared for all scenarios. he said israel dealt a crushing blow to its enemies. the deaths are driving fears of escalation of conflict. haniyah was in the iranian capital sunday. he was killed when the building he was staying in was struck by a missile around 2 a.m. local time, according to iranian state media. israel claimed responsibility for the death of a senior commander of hezbollah. he was killed in an airstrike in beirut. his body has been recovered. here's what mr. netanyahu said l

the situation in the middle east is explosive, we need to be prepared for any scenario. this was discussed in an exclusive interview with our tv channel. in bangladesh, after the dissolution of parliament and the transfer of power into the hands of the military, a head of the interim government. he is the nobel peace prize laureate, economist and banker muhammad yunus. the situation in the country is still far from stabilizing; according to media reports, 29 members of the former prime minister's party were killed in one night by protesters. there are also reports of mass murders and arson of hindu homes. even cars were subjected to pogroms. experts suggest that one of the goals of this raid was to destroy the gas metering station in the city of sudzhi to stop russian gas exports. in the russian the mitataku was called another terrorist act directed against the civilian population. the facts of the attack will be investigated by the investigative committee of russia. emergency in western germany in the settlement of kröv a hotel collapsed, the supports of one of the floo

this is why we see very weak approach from america toward the middle east. "and we see very weak approach from america toward china, instead of attacking china and provoking china into economic war that can spread and can have different consequences like china in the philippines, for example china today is challenging the americans in the philippine, therefore we see china is not sitting and watching and waiting for the american to surround it. this is where we see joe biden going in. to a different wars without an end, mean to be fair, since the americans went to war to vietnam and to afghanistan and to iraq and to libya and to syria, they failed in all these wars, so even with someone who is clever and intelligent in the white house, is the end game and the result is more or less the same, having someone like joe biden who is not aware all the time of his surrounding, he said not aware of how to lead the the world, this is why camilla harris did not show any political maturity during the ruling of joe biden as his vice president and certainly did not demon

"i'm guessing that they will not, because if there is an all-out war right across the middle east, the losers will not just be israel and the united states, but all of america's key allies in the middle east, there will be regime change everywhere, there will be war and revolution everywhere, puppet presidents and corrupt kings. will be toppling in front of our eyes and the entire pattern of relationships in the arab middle east will change and change forever, and of course the risk of russia and china entering the all-out war to defend the iran with which they have a special security agreement. now is a... very real one, and that turns it from a middle east war into world war ii, and we must hope that even the infebled brain of camela harris and the absent brain of joe biden will try to stop that from happening. alas, that's the end of the show, spread it. it's been a terrific show this evening. please share it with all of your friends and come back next week at the same time. in the same place. يلا وهي يلا هي يلا وهي يلا هي يما وهي يابا هي شبابك يا عدابه هي شباب جدام الانتقام الانتقا

then we'll go to the next topic, we continue to follow the middle east.ran-israel tehran hezbollah promised an inevitable response to the israeli shelling and death of ismail khani. in tel aviv they are talking about the possibility of a preemptive strike on iran. many leaders of the persian gulf countries are discussing israel's actions, although they are calling on iran to exercise restraint. the israeli leadership has declared that it is ready for an attack from iran. so that 's the situation. what's here? how far can it go, given that we have already seen several phases, oleg sergeyevich, well, we need to go to the origins, who started all this, who blew up the middle east, how did it all start, it didn't start today, not yesterday, not the day before yesterday, from the moment when the us, great britain, the west collectively decided that they could rule the middle east, manage its resources, they began to pit shiites, sunnis against each other, who unleashed these wars between shiites and sunnis, allavis, kurds, who promised their own state, who inv

with one of the released russians, roman seleznev, well, we will start with the situation in the middle east, israel is preparing for a strike from iran and hezbollah in response for the destruction of the head of the hamas political bureau, ismail haniyeh, in tehran. here is a rather alarming information picture on kanoi. hezbollah fired dozens of missiles at northern israel. last night tsahal hezbol. the answer to this is something we can do, of course, this did not happen, and iran does not want to get involved in a full-scale military conflict in the region, everyone understands this, including even the fierce enemies of iran, let’s say, the united states of america, because we see that washington through various, let’s say so, regional players, through regional players and regional actors , are trying to convey information that, let’s not react so harshly, let’s not... and so on, but it’s worth noting that compared to last time iran refused the mediation assistance of qatar and turkey, in addition, it is worth noting that today it was announced that an attack would be prepared in the ne

l think it - represents a colossal failure of us middle east policy.erican foot print in the middle east". he pulled out of afghanistan, he wanted to focus on china and other more important global challenges, but as a direct result of the failure of us middle east policy, specifically the refusal or inability of the united states to put constraints on israel to rein it in, to establish redlines, it is being dragged back into the middle east and of course it is going to be american truth two troops and perhaps american citizens that will pay the price so this makes no sense from american national security perspective. and so it remains to be seen exactly how this is going to play out but i think the redeployment of forces by the united states into the region is essentially there to protect israel, does not bode well for stated american policy in the region and it recalls other moments and i'm thinking about of course the iraq war when the united states entered this region hoping that it would be a short intervention but we saw the catastrophe that that

stop the bloodshed in gaza and save the middle east from a global war.h hopes are pinned today by the arab media on the meeting of the presidents of russia and palestine, emphasizing the special role of our country. mahmoud abas' visit to russia is of particular importance, given russia's influence and status in the world, since it is a superpower, a permanent member of the un security council and one of the countries with significant political weight on the world stage. let's say. the situation on the lebanese-israeli border is aggravating during the day. the probability of a full-scale war between hezbollah and tel aviv is now as high as never. cypriot authorities say they have already prepared the island for a possible influx of refugees from lebanon and israel, setting up several temporary camps for internally displaced people. and it appears that only diplomacy can now save the region from imminent disaster. a senior iranian official said that iran , along with allies such as hezbollah, would launch a direct attack if negotiations in the sector. so

dog, as it was intended to be britain's attack. dog deliberately planted in the sea of the arab middle east to maintain a little loyal ulster as a british cabinet. member described it at the time, a place that would be loyal to the mother country rather than loyal to the environment in which it had been planted, so if i'm right and that the attack dog is israel and the master with the leash is the united states, then we'll see that in the next 48, 24, 72 hours, i doubt it will be much longer. than 72 hours, because when this retaliation of new type, when this special military operation is launched by the axis of resistance and by the islamic republic of iran, when that hits and it's likely to be a spectacular hit, then israel will have to decide what to do in. return in reply, the question will then be whether the united states will allow netanyahu, should he survive the attack that's coming, to launch all out war throughout the middle east, after all, this is going to be a special military operation, a retaliation for the flagrant abuse of the sovereignty of... iran and its duty to uh look

the us has not restricted its provocations against china to the middle east, of course. i was talking with some filipino friends just the other day. uh, there's very little doubt, just for your information, i spent the salad days of my life fighting to close the subic naval base, the clark air force base in the philippines, both of which... now reopened uh and filled with the us military personnel. there's no doubt is that that the philippines under marcos, there's a familiar name uh are being uh lined up to be the next uh the the next belligerant on us behalf against china, am i right? i think that that american conduct in the philippines of course has has been pretty pretty horrible for well over a century suppressing the the philippine independence movement in in 1898 to 1907 killing hundreds of thousands of people uh either in combat or in concentration. camps ruling the philippines as a colonial uh possession until after the second world war, and then maintaining this massive military presence there. there was a brief period uh after the fall of of the first marcos

it is possibility here of a broader war in the middle east?— the middle east?eal. the middle east? it is absolutely very real. this _ the middle east? it is absolutely very real. this is, _ the middle east? it is absolutely very real. this is, again, - the middle east? it is absolutely| very real. this is, again, another point of why it is so important to come to closure now. the iranians certainly would argue that it is their right and responsibility to respond to an assassination on their land, a guest, as it were, the political leader of hamas, you know, it was embarrassing and they have said that they won't respond if a ceasefire is reached. so this delay we have seen over this last week or week—and—a—half is again trying to give space for a ceasefire. there is every reason to hope, if not expect that, if the ceasefire is reached, that, if the ceasefire is reached, that many of the conflict points that many of the conflict points that are currently raging and endangering the entire region could have the temperature lowered. right. former us ambassador _ hav

the assassination of the hamas leader threatens to escalate tensions in the middle east. the head of the palestinian movement's politburo, ismail haniyeh , was killed on july 31 as a result of a missile strike on his residence in tehran. he was there for the inauguration of iranian president masoud pesichkian. hamas blamed israel and the united states for the assassination, while in israel itself the topic remains closed. ministers are prohibited from speaking out about haniyeh's death. the radical movement said that they are leaving the right to a tough response for... the murder in hamas emphasized that haniyeh's death will not affect the movement's position in the negotiation process with israel, but the jewish state will nevertheless pay a high price for this crime. the iranian authorities are conducting an investigation, but experts are already unanimous in their opinion that the murder of the politburo leader threatens to escalate tensions in the middle east. any attempts to resolve the situation were immediately under threat. negotiations between the parties were a

but our middle east correspondent, alexander belibov. alexander, hello, what is the situation in the region? yes, colleagues, hello, but the situation in the middle east. remains extremely tense, and forecasts regarding its normalization, at least in the near future, are disappointing, but first of all , the conflict in the gaza strip is flaring up with renewed vigor, and the arson of the cities and social facilities, civilian facilities of the palestinian enclave, which are not distinguished by their selectivity, here is one of such strikes, the most resonant, perhaps, in recent times happened last weekend at the ottabain school in gaza, the israeli air force fired three rockets, as a result, according to the palestinian health service, more than 100 people were killed, most of whom were women and children, more... 60 palestinian civilians were injured, but i will add that this was far from the only strike in the last few days by the israel defense forces on the gaza strip, a number of strikes were also recorded on refugee camps located

a professor of middle east studies at princeton university. and of course, former us ambassador to egypt and israel daniel karcher. thank you so much for joining us. a my pleasure, steve. good to talk to you. so what's the bottom line? one really has to wonder what the american game plan in the middle east is. if it's just to exit the region in the fog of conflict, blaming with contraction of american power in the world on ungrateful allies and fanatical rivals. well that's one thing. but if the us is actually working to maintain its power and influence to generate long term regional stability in a very complex region, which it says it wants that america is seriously failing. the killing by israel, of more than 40000 palestinians, mostly women and children who are complete innocence. in this conflict, as are most of the men will drive hate and instability for another generation. at least, israel thinks it can make strategic choices for the us. but it's actually whitening and deepening the problem, this conflict as far from over. and it could r

you know, senator, i'm watching what's going on in the middle east it.east. israel is surrounded by iranian surrogates and the secretary of state says iran will have the material it needs to build a nuclear weapon. and we are withholding weapons from israel while we are pouring tens of billions of into iran and on and on and on can you please explain to me the other insanity of this administration it comes to an alley like israel? >> the biden/harris policy in the middle east is as explicit without a successful policy it looks like with president trump president trump backed israel at her other allies in the regent to the hilt with no daylight but we sought peace and stability in the middle east. we've had peace agreements abraham accords between israel and several arab nations joe biden and kamala harris for three and half years have appeased iran at every turn tens of billions of dollars in sanctions relief which continue to this day. which has enabled iran to fuel its ring of fire around israel per terrorists groups like hezbollah to the north come ha

it is us secretary of state tons, me blinking 9th visit to the middle east since the warren gauze that began over 10 months ago following meetings with israel lead is he outlined they propose next steps towards ending the will. this include the so called bridging proposal, which blinking says, should bridge the gaps remaining between the 2 sides the, the bridging proposal that pun mister netanyahu was as accepted and we looked at the mazda to accept. it reflects what is in the cease fire agreement, the present button put before the world back back in may. that's incorporated into your own security council resolution. and that makes clear that this process will proceed in phases of a 1st initials, a ceasefire. over the course of 6 weeks in which hostages are released, prisoners are exchange, and negotiations commence on the conditions necessary for an endurance these fire. but just blinking heads of egypt for the next round of talks, disagreements remain between israel and her mouth. these include israel's refusal to withdrawal all of its troops from gauze, a, a red line for hum us. isr

. shoulds wrote that the spiral of violence in the middle east must be broken. now any alternative entails unforeseen risk for the countries in the region, and the people in it contained saying, and my phone call with a rainy and presidents, i urge that everything be done to avoid further military escalation. all righty. i spoke with ben um ben ton of blue from the foundation for the defense of democracies and asked him when he expects iran to retaliate against israel. that really seems to be the question of the hour. really. we see the question of the past 10 to 11 days. there is no doubt in my mind that both these womic republic of iran, which is the patron, as well as some elements. and this proxy network like lebanese, has bullet, are benefiting from the fear in the uncertainty. and the doubts caused by that potential delay or dragging out of this response. but i still do see this as a matter of when and not if, particularly given that on april 13th and april 14th, the regime launched a historic, 1st direct, overt, and kinetic attack mironda in territory aga

down in june to go back to the middle east. n beirut although today i am in new york for a visit. i write a lot in the press and the middle eastern press and on our middle east city's website. i also started that substack for people who really wanted more frequent thoughts and contributions, things i wanted to post but aren't necessarily on the national website or the original website, michael and thoughts about what is happening in the region, also puts them -- my own thoughts about what is happening in the region, i also put them on the substack. nice to know there is an audience there. host: obviously a lot to talk about when talking about the release. what kind of issues does your substack look at, what do you focus on? guest: i try to look beyond the headlines over these days it is very hard, and to try to look at deeper dynamics in the middle east and north africa, things about political stability, political change, economic and military and issue that is why i called it "thinking middle east," try to look for it. but i mu

so since the 2nd world wars tags and troop reinforcements sent to the coast region, the middle east on edge as the as girl, that iran could attack israel, the us sands and miss all summer in to the region to act as a deterrent is all the defense minister says he's country is prepared, the up totally illogical. welcome to the program. ukraine says and now controls around a 1000 square kilometers off of russian territory. caves, surprise offensive is the largest attack on russian soil since the 2nd world war and its prompted presence. let me put into sand tank and troop reinforcements to the coast region with more than a 120000 people have been evacuated. so the sounds of people moving to say for places as ukrainian troops sees control of dozens of russian villages, the reporting to russian president vladimir, approaching the governor of curse set ukraine had widened it's area of control on the stage showed images, thoughts of, of the situation in the cost region is difficult to understand. the 28 set to minutes on the enemy control was with somebody sitting on the window. what's the bes

you know, it's middle east math. there are many open accounts. so i do think to answer your question, there will be more unfortunately, and his prime minister, netanyahu himself said this is not the end of the story. that was his quote. i mean, there's still, you know, open account with a who sees there's more potentially with his bar this really civilians can return to their homes, which are those villages right now in the north of school starting, it will be the 2nd year. there's really children aren't able to attend school in their home towns along that northern border. and of course there's the ron hanging out there. so i'm, i'm sorry to say at the start over a week that you, this is not the end, middle east analyst laura blumenfeld. they're, well, israel was able to shoot down most of hezbollah as projectiles using its multi 1000000000 euro missile defense systems. they've already been put to the test more than once this year. a faithful 2020 full israel sustains a massive mit solve by rush from iran. more than 300 drones rockets and miss so

the two leaders reiterated their call for an immediate cease-fire in the middle east.of other things on the table as well, not least, sir keir starmer's focus on resetting relations with the european union. yesterday, while he was in berlin, he announced plans for a new treaty setting out closer ties with germany. some on the right here have questioned whether he is on picking brexit. in france he said the operative word is reset not reverse. that's been in a good friend of the program suzanne lynch in brussels of the global playbook author and associate editor of politico. nice to see you. thanks for coming on. do you think the french are prepared to go as far as the germans seemed to go yesterday? >> well, i think there was definitely less detail in what we are hearing from parents this evening after the meeting between sir keir starmer and emmanuel macron. we heard a lot about strengthening and broadening the relationship between france and britain. but, not much detail. in germany yesterday we had that a bit more. we had a joint press conference between olaf scholz

haniyeh, or are you referring to the conditions in the middle east in general?ell , the conditions in the middle east in general, in the days before the assassination of mr. haniyeh and in the past 9 months , the unprecedented anger that was seen in the american public opinion and in the university community. . well, there is no single point of view and reaction that we can say that this is specifically the reaction of the academics, but i think that most of the experts and most of the thinkers related to the middle east are currently very worried about the tensions that can be potentially reach a point where it becomes irreversible. i think many the thinkers and experts of the middle east have actually reached the lowest level of optimism about the future and the prospect of success of diplomacy to solve the problems that exist now and to solve the problems and conflicts that have arisen in the middle east. i think that if a full-scale war breaks out and covers the entire middle east, it will be difficult to prevent that war, but we have to consider the situati

often in the middle east. what's your take? well, first of all, i am special adviser to secretary blinken on holocaust issues, not on the middle east, but the gaza issue is as difficult and complicated as any i've ever seen and that i write about it. and the reason is that hamas has to be disabled as a military and governing authority. no country can accept on its borders a government that's dedicated to their elimination. but this cannot be solved. peter but military force alone, it requires to palomas see as well. and israel made several mistakes that i catalog as lessons learned from all of the wars. i look at. and i've looked at all the major wars of our time and talk to the generals, for example, very poor intelligence, not realizing that had morphed from purely terrorist group into a full blown terrorist army organized by an attack battalion and with the most sophisticated arms invited by iran, not realizing the surprise attack that they were going to do, they actually had a lower level intelligence. so the whole battle p

>> that is the question of the day and in the middle east of the night. the u.s.ran to stand down, but how can they save face? the point of revenge, and they have vowed revenge, is to shift dignity back into balance. are they getting there by the psychological torture, the squirming they been watching israelis as they brace for the attack, or do they need to take it one step further? ben: when iran did retaliate, i think it was back in april. in the end it was a bit of a damp squib. most of the drones and missiles were shot down by israel. laura: absolutely. revenge, like any currency, can be debased. the iranians are looking at a kind of retaliation inflation. they feel like an order to exact that price they have to up the ante. we are kind of on a toggle switch between negotiating and decimating, and sometimes it seems like we are doing both at the same time. secretary blinken has postponed his trip to the region. i am going to read that optimistic, not that there is an imminent attack, but that there are details that need to be hammered out for the cease-fire d

she owns the chaos of the last four years in the middle east, mike.is is a biden harris administration. arguably the most powerful woman in the world. certainly the second most powerful woman in our history. these policies that led to the disastrous and chaotic withdrawal in afghanistan, she has bragged in previous interviews that she was the last person in the room with president biden making those decisions. this is her administration, she owns a policies, she owns the death of americans in afghanistan's, in jordan, to u.s. navy seals that died in an operation earlier this year. every time an iranian back terrorist groups you data facility, that is on her watch. her national security advisor that gave that quote is famously incredibly devilish on iran. do i hold out any hope that she will actually change the disastrous policies that have led to war in the middle east, that have led to war between us, do i see her changing that? i mean, she could answer for herself maybe but since she refuses to, i do not think that that will happen. >> great to see

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the uss georgia got a missile submarine that is a right close to the middle east this on top of abraham lincoln, the big aircraft strike group is to speed up its trip to the area that we are told this would bring about half a dozen chips and/or submarines and vital equipment in and around the area. at the same time we have hezbollah at least waiting for the right time in the right move and whether this comes from iran's orders or hezbollah goes rogue and is on its own there's no way to tell for the time being. lucas tomlinson has a lot more as we look at oil prices continuing. i believe were looking at five days in a growth oil prices have moved upon the fears. go ahead. >> they always do with the regional tensions. u.s. officials at the pentagon saying attack from iran and/or its proxies could come at any moment in u.s. intelligence has seen the iranians move missiles and drones from the country as previously launched points similar to back in april. the big concern, this could be a multi-axis attack not just from iran but from the houthis and yemen and hezbollah in neighboring lebanon

the situation in the middle east is all heats up more.ular, today france called on its citizens to immediately leave iran due to the risk of military escalation. the day before, the hezbollah group carried out a raid on israel from lebanese territory. of the sixty missiles launched, the tsakhal was not able to destroy all of them. it is not reported what consequences the attack had. meanwhile, the funeral of ismail haniyeh took place in the penitentiary, and his death became the trigger that launched a series of current dramatic events. tigiran believes that the assassination of this palestinian politician was carried out by israeli agents who planted a bomb under his apartment. the aggravation of the situation in the middle east makes people think about the personal and safety of their families. belarusian diplomats are constantly monitoring the situation. on the list of citizens who live in the country and are ready at any time to provide all the necessary assistance to our fellow countrymen. a film crew from a television news agency is