Iran's interest in Israel, with former ambassador John Jenkins
The Politics Show
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🗓️ 18 November 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah – all of whom operate out of Beirut’s southern suburbs – have coordinated their positions in various ways for years in pursuit of what they see as the greater good.
John Jenkins, former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iraq, Syria and Burma, speaks to senior editor Katie Stallard about Iran's interest in the Israel-Hamas conflict and how this will play out across the region.
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| 0:57.0 | Hello I'm Katie Stalard and you're listening to the New Statesman podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | The war between Israel and Hamas is now in its second month, |
| 1:09.0 | and the humanitarian situation in Gaza is deteriorating. |
| 1:12.0 | As we're recording this, Israeli military |
| 1:15.0 | vehicles have surrounded the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where fuel, water, |
| 1:20.2 | and medicine are running out for the people sheltering inside, but there are also growing fears of a wider regional |
| 1:26.1 | conflict. Israel is trading fire with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and the United States |
| 1:31.4 | has carried out airstrikes on Iranian-linked facilities in Syria and Iraq. |
| 1:36.0 | Joining me to discuss all this and in particular Iran's interests and involvement is Sir John Jenkins, |
| 1:42.0 | the former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iraq, |
| 1:46.2 | Syria and Burma, among his many diplomatic postings and the author of a recent essay in the |
| 1:51.7 | new statesman titled The Iran Trap. |
| 1:54.4 | So Jean, thank you for joining me. |
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