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Bonus Podcast: Israel Can Live With A Nuclear Iran

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🗓️ 20 July 2015

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The U.S., Iran, and other world powers have reached a final deal to limit Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon. According to President Obama, "every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off." But to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, this deal will go down as "a historic mistake". In 2013, Intelligence Squared U.S. debated whether "Israel can live with a nuclear Iran." Would a nuclear Iran pose an existential threat to Israel? What role does it play in Israel's condemnation of this historic pact? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The U.S. Iran and other world powers have now reached a final deal limiting Iran's

0:11.5

ability to build a nuclear weapon.

0:13.8

In the words of President Obama, every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off.

0:19.0

But to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this deal will go down as what he calls

0:24.0

a historic mistake.

0:26.3

In 2013, intelligence-squared U.S. debated whether Israel can live with a nuclear Iran.

0:32.1

Questions raised now, would a nuclear Iran pose an existential threat to Israel?

0:37.3

And what role does it play in Israel's condemnation of this historic pact?

0:41.4

Here's that debate from 2013.

0:44.6

It's the nuclear secret that never was that Israel has the only nuclear arsenal in the

0:50.4

Middle East.

0:51.4

Its leaders have never confirmed it, nor never denied it.

0:55.2

But one thing they cop to without hesitation is their total rejection of Iran ever getting

1:00.9

the bomb.

1:01.9

They talk about going to war to stop that from happening because they say that Israel

1:04.8

cannot live with a nuclear Iran.

1:07.6

Or can it?

1:08.6

Yes or no to this statement.

1:11.6

Israel can live with a nuclear Iran.

1:14.1

A debate from intelligence-squared U.S.

1:16.3

I'm John Donovan.

1:17.7

We have four superbly qualified debaters to argue foreign against this motion.

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