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ISRAEl: EXHAUSTED:: Seth Frantzman is a Middle East analyst, journalist, and author specializing in defense, regional geopolitics, and security issues. He is a senior correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and the Executive Director of the Middle East Cente

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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ISRAEl: EXHAUSTED:: Seth Frantzman is a Middle East analyst, journalist, and author specializing in defense, regional geopolitics, and security issues. He is a senior correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and the Executive Director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis.

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0:00.0

This is CBS Eye on the World.

0:08.5

Here's John Batchelor.

0:11.6

I welcome Malcolm Holine, my colleague and co-host and friend,

0:16.2

the Conference of President's major American Jewish organizations.

0:19.1

We go immediately to Jerusalem, to

0:21.7

Seth Fransman, the war correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, a member of the Foundation

0:26.9

for the Defense of Democracies, and the author of a book I highly recommend the October

0:31.5

7th War.

0:32.9

The story so far, the events of these last weeks will also be included in future telling.

0:38.7

We go now to question that has been raised several times to me over these last days,

0:44.5

which is that the Israelis know that the source of the threat is in Tehran,

0:51.7

not in Beirut, not in Cairo, certainly not in Gaza.

0:55.8

The threat is driven by Tehran.

0:58.9

What is to be done between now and January 20th?

1:01.8

If anything, knowing that the last strike the Israelis visited upon Iran is said to have removed all air defenses.

1:16.7

In other words, the aggression by Iran cannot be in any fashion preservation of the regime if and when someone strikes. So the question I

1:25.1

have to Seth immediately is, is that talk in Jerusalem of ending the regime now, Seth, between now and January 20th?

1:32.5

Good evening to you.

1:34.6

Good evening to you.

1:36.3

I would be, I would be reminiscent to think that Israel wants to pursue any type of adventure like that with a rant at the moment.

1:43.4

I think that Israel is already fighting two front war against his bow and Hamas.

1:48.6

It has a lot on its plate.

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