All right, Alexander, we are here in Koala Lampur, Malaysia, and we are going to talk about

the escalation of a big war in the Middle East.

We are moving very, very fast towards a big conflict between Israel, Hezbollah, which could

pull in Iran, it could pull in the United States.

We have U.S. troops which are heading to the region, a small contingent of troops, but troops nonetheless.

And it seems that every day we are getting missile strikes back and forth between Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Israel.

And Netanyahu put out a very, very worrying statement the other day, telling people in Lebanon to get out because it looks like Israel's going to go in.

I mean, what do you see going on here?

How do you see things?

This is very worrying.

This is my region.

And actually Cyprus is also playing a role in this

in that they're preparing to host

British nationals, U.S. nationals,

and other people who are going to be fleeing Lebanon.

They're preparing to host them.

In Cyprus, of course, you have the UK air bases in Cyprus as well.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on what is happening in the region?

I think this is completely consistent with the policies that we've seen from the Netanyahu government for some time.

They've got bogged down in a very difficult war in Gaza, which isn't going anywhere,

and for some time now, the Netanyahu government has been seeking a general escalation of the conflict,

an escalation against Hezbollah

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