Thank you very much. Let s start with that concept of a multi front war. Israel is, of course, at war in gaza. It s at war in lebanon now, and it is in a de facto war with iran, which is unfolding day by day. In your view, are any of those fronts avoidable, or is all of this unavoidable? well, you can add the houthis in yemen, you can add some militias in iraq and in syria. So, it s actually. . . And we have some problems in the west bank as well. So, it s a really a big mess now. Yeah. But in your view, as a security veteran with long years of service in special forces, and then, of course, as director of the mossad intelligence agency, is netanyahu in a place where he inevitably had to be, or is some of this avoidable? well, you know, it s a bit hard to say. If we rememberjust a year ago when the hamas started their attack, their murderous attack, immediately hezbollah joined the party. As you remember, and a week later, the houthis started their block on the bab el mandeb strait, an
iran, while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with iran s shift in government, many experts say that trump s pressure campaign hoisted the hard-liners to the front and the top of the iranian regime. so, when president biden came into power, negotiated with iran was nearly impossible. it wasn t for lack of trying. for the first year of biden s presidency, his administration attempted a resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal, but tehran refused to engage directly with u.s. diplomats. talk about stop and go for several years, then, something happened in 2022, which made matters even worse. the war in ukraine. you see, the original nuclear deal depended on cooperation between the west and russia. but once russia invaded ukraine, any collaboration with moscow was off the table, and now, iran is helping russia in its war. iran s attack drones are a common feature in russia s campaign against ukraine. the 2015 iran nuclear deal built at least a little good faith between ir
You have been watching israels Military Assault in gaza from afar. Has it unfolded in the way you expected . Yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. There is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have said it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. And what happens to this type of war, that the war becomes the end and not the means in order to achieve a better political goal. So the answer is yes and no. Isnt the strategic sort of aim to destroy hamas as a Fighting Force and to completely eliminate it as a governing force in gaza, isnt that a clear political strategic ambition . No, absolutely not. It is a military goal, it is not a political goal. We have to understand that when we discuss the whole concept of war, the idea is to create a better political reality. The battlefield or the military forces are just the mea
Some time ago. You have been watching israels Military Assault in gaza from afar. Has it unfolded in the way you expected . Yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. There is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have said it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. And what happens to this type of war, that the war becomes the end and not the means in order to achieve a better political goal. So the answer is yes and no. Isnt the strategic sort of aim to destroy hamas as a Fighting Force and to completely eliminate it as a governing force in gaza, isnt that a clear political strategic ambition . No, absolutely not. It is a military goal, it is not a political goal. We have to understand that when we discuss the whole concept of war, the idea is to create a better political reality. The battlefield or the military forces a
brink of a constitutional crisis, at least once. eroded americans faith and democracy and shattered peoples trust in the electoral system. yet, despite all of that, a significant portion of the electorate still believes that he deserves another four years in the white house. trump has made it clear that he s running a campaign of retribution and vengeance, promising to enact hard-line policies that could run afoul of the law and even saying that he wouldn t be a dictator, except for on day one. that s a direct quote. he s already plenty of reports out there about the kinds of draconian plans that trump and his close allies are preparing for a possible second term, including a crackdown on immigration that involves sweeping raids, giant detention camps, along the border, and mass deportations of millions of people each year. trump has made it well known that he intends to weaponize the justice department against his political enemies and critics in an attempt to stifle descen