Should Israel Strike Iran?

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Tensions between Iran and Israel have escalated in recent months and are at a low point after a series of assassinations and rocket strikes. Is it time for a larger military response? Those who urge Israel to strike argue Iran is an existential threat to their survival. Those who are against striking Iran in an unprecedented way say that there are high risks and better options. Now we debate: Should Israel Strike Iran? Arguing Yes: Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute Arguing No: Shira Efron, Senior Director of Policy Research at the Israel Policy Forum Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.8	Promo.
0:30.0	This is open to debate. I'm John Don Van.
0:35.0	Hi everybody.
0:37.0	Since missiles from Iran reached the skies over Israel,
0:40.0	only nights ago and sirens sounded across the country, their wailing pitches asked a question,
0:46.2	what next? Things were already going in a dangerous cycle. Israel had assassinated Hezbollah's
0:52.1	leader in Lebanon, whose ally was Iran.
0:55.0	That was partly payback for Hezbollah firing rockets into Israel all year long.
1:00.3	Iran responded by sending those nearly 200 missiles into Israel, that was more payback.
1:05.2	And now by the logic of this endless dynamic, it is Israel's turn to pay back Iran, which Israel's
1:10.8	Prime Minister is promising will happen.
1:13.3	Quoting Benjamin Netanyahu,
1:15.1	Israel has the duty and the right to defend itself and respond to these attacks
1:19.6	and it will do so.
1:21.1	In the recent past, the US has been urging Israel to show response.
1:25.6	Right now its statements are slightly more ambivalent, but just as the world is
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