Israel / Iran: What the escalation means

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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After a week of drastic escalation in the conflict in the Middle East, what will come next? Recording on October 1st just as reports emerged from the US warning of the Iranian missile attack on Israel, Gavin Esler spoke to Professor Ali Ansari, founding director of the Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews, to discuss Iran’s response to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Support us on Patreon to keep This Is Not a Drill producing thought-provoking podcasts like this. Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Produced by Robin Leeburn. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Executive Producer Martin Bojtos. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. This Is Not A Drill is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For decades the idea that the two greatest military powers in the Middle East,
0:05.0	Iran and Israel might be heading to war with each other has always seemed both
0:09.2	unthinkable yet also possible. Could Gaza and now Israel's attacks in Lebanon provide the sparks that ignite a much wider and much more damaging Middle East conflict affecting us all?
0:21.0	I'm Gavin Esler. This is not a drill. Oh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, uh,
0:34.0	uh, uh,
0:35.0	hmm.
0:36.0	Mm.
0:37.0	Yeah,
0:38.0	uh,
0:39.0	...
0:41.0	Oh, The Tangled friendships, rivalries and alliances in the Middle East have changed over the years
0:51.0	when the state of Israel was created in 1948, Israeli leaders
0:55.3	saw Iran, the other non-Arab state in the region, as an important ally.
1:00.1	Iran was the second Muslim state after Turkey to recognize Israel's existence.
1:06.0	But following the Iranian Revolution of 1979 under Ayatollah Romani and his successes,
1:11.0	Iran backed what it calls the axis of resistance.
1:15.0	It's a disparate group bringing together Iran, Hutis in Yemen, the Syrian government and
1:20.0	others including Palestinian groups and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
1:24.4	For a sense of the publicly expressed hatred from the Iranian regime, it's worth remembering
1:30.1	that Homani himself called the United States the Great Satan and Israel the little Satan.
1:37.0	Now Israel has begun what it claims are limited incursions into Lebanon.
1:41.0	The Netanyahu government says it's imperative to allow some 60,000
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