Former PM Boris Johnson On Where the US & UK Stand On Israel

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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As tensions continue to escalate between Israel and Iran, there are mixed opinions regarding whether Israel should target Iran's nuclear facilities. President Biden urges Israel to not go after these systems while former President Trump claims they are the first thing that should be targeted. Martha sits down with former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss the thought process behind both of these view points, the political dynamics between the U.S., the U.K., and Israel as they stand against mutual adversaries, and how he feels about the current British government under Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Follow Martha on X: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.4	Welcome to the Untold Story podcast, everybody. I'm Martha McCallum. I'm joined now by Boris Johnson,
0:53.5	the former British Prime Minister from July of 2019 to 2022. He also served, of course, as Foreign Secretary and Mayor of London and a
0:55.8	Conservative Member of Parliament. And he is the author of the comprehensive, very interesting,
1:01.0	fascinating new book unleashed. Boris Johnson, welcome. Good to have you with us today.
1:06.3	Hi, Martha. Great to be with you. Israel says that everything is on the table to respond to Iran's
1:12.7	missile attack last week, but retaliation will reportedly not include Iran's nuclear industry,
1:19.3	at least for now. Officials say the first targets are likely to be military bases, intelligence,
1:25.2	or leadership facilities. That is according to reporting from the New York Times.
1:29.0	So you have spoken a lot about the battle between democracies and autocracies that is going on in the
1:34.8	world, primarily Russia, Iran, and China against the great countries of the United States and
1:41.3	the United Kingdom and a lot of Europe. So when you look at this moment, does it make sense at this moment for the United States and the United Kingdom and a lot of Europe. So when you look at this moment,
1:45.5	does it make sense at this moment for the United States and the UK to bond with Israel and help
1:52.9	them to take out these nuclear sites?
1:56.7	Look, I think that UK, US and Israel are allies and friends, and we're all democracies. And that's the
2:07.0	difference between us and Hamas, Hezbollah, and the regime in Tehran. And whatever people say about Israel,
2:15.9	whatever people say about the tragedy that's been unfolding
2:18.6	in Gaza or in Lebanon, you know, the heart bleeds for the people there.
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