Israeli Foreign Minister Sa’ar on His Country’s War With Iran

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today on the show, guest anchor Bianna Golodryga speaks with The New York Times’ David Sanger after a weekend of strikes between Iran and Israel. They discuss this escalating conflict and what it means for the future of US-Iran nuclear negotiations. Next, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar joins the show to tell Bianna what his country is hoping to achieve by attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities. Then, Johns Hopkins professor Vali Nasr and The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser speak to Bianna about how the US will respond to the conflict between Iran and Israel, as well as the significance of President Trump’s military parade. Finally, retired Major General James ‘Spider’ Marks joins to discuss the military dynamics at play between Iran and Israel and what the two countries’ defense capabilities might mean for the future of the conflict. GUESTS: David Sanger (@SangerNYT), Gideon Sa'ar (@gidonsaar), Susan Glasser (@sbg1), Vali Nasr (@vali_nasr), James "Spider" Marks (@RangerSpider) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:08.0	I'm Biongolidriga filling in for Farid today.
0:11.0	Today on the program, Iran and Israel are at war.
0:14.0	The two nations are trading salvos of missiles and drones back and forth with death and destruction in their wake on both sides.
0:22.4	I will speak exclusively to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Tsar.
0:26.2	We should note the Iranian Foreign Minister was scheduled to be on the show, but just canceled
0:30.8	moments before air.
0:32.9	We'll also bring you incisive analysis on the conflict from a series of top experts,
0:37.3	the New Yorker
0:37.7	Susan Glasser, Bally Nassar from Johns Hopkins, David Sanger of the New York Times, and CNN
0:43.5	military analyst General Spider-Marx.
0:49.8	Israel and Iran have been bombarding each other with airstrikes this weekend and some of the
0:54.0	fiercest fighting between the two nations in their decades of hostilities.
0:58.1	The strikes come after Israel launched a massive offensive early Friday targeting several sites in Iran, including its nuclear infrastructure.
1:06.0	Neither side has heated calls for de-escalation.
1:09.1	CNN's international editor, Nick Robertson, joins me now from Batyam, Israel.
1:13.1	And we know there are several casualties, Nick, from the salvos that Iran sent over the weekend.
1:19.6	What's the latest?
1:22.5	Yeah, the very latest is the rescue and recovery effort with heavy lifting equipment and lots of rescue teams on the
1:30.0	ground in Bait Yam are still pulling their way through the heavy concrete and rebar that's
1:35.6	twisted and powered up next to this 11-story apartment building that's literally ripped open like a tin can.
1:43.7	Six people we understand, maybe dead there.
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