#IRAN: Is this bluster or an imminent attack? Prof. Eyal Zisser is the Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, the Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, and the Head of the De
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#IRAN: Is this bluster or an imminent attack? Prof. Eyal Zisser is the Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, the Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, and the Head of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History. Prof. Zisser wrote extensively on the history and the modern politics of Syria and Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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| 0:00.0 | This is a CBS, I in the world. I'm John Bachelor. |
| 0:08.0 | Joined by my colleague and friend Malcolm Holin, |
| 0:11.0 | Conference of Presidents, Major American Jewish Organizations, Iran in the headlines in |
| 0:16.1 | Europe. Financial Times. U.S. allies urge Iran not to retaliate against Israel. |
| 0:24.4 | Subhead, Washington warns that Tehran is ready to stage |
| 0:27.7 | military response to a strike on Iran's consulate last week. |
| 0:32.8 | We're talking about the strike against the IRGC commander |
| 0:36.4 | leading the surrogates attacking Israel, Hezbollah, |
| 0:40.3 | Houthis, Hamas. |
| 0:41.4 | However, we welcome Professor Isle Zisser, Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University. |
| 0:47.0 | Professor, a very good evening to you, thank you very much. These threats from Iran. |
| 0:52.0 | How do you measure them? Is it boasting on their part or |
| 0:56.0 | are they ready to get into the fight? Or again is this something that we'll just |
| 1:01.0 | be guessing at for some years. |
| 1:03.2 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:05.2 | Good evening. |
| 1:06.2 | It's great to be here to be with you and I think we should consider this threat as serious and prepare ourselves. |
| 1:18.8 | I mean, from time to time there were threats from Iran after each of the alleged attacks allegedly Israel carried out in Syria and in Iraq and in Iran itself, but this time |
| 1:41.1 | it looks more serious especially since the Supreme Leader of |
| 1:46.8 | him he said very clearly that Israel is to be punished, that Iran cannot accept what happened. |
| 1:58.0 | This was a red line for the Iranians and they are going to retaliate. |
| 2:05.8 | So I think we should take it very seriously |
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