The killing of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today on the show, Fareed speaks with New York Times Magazine staff writer Ronen Bergman to discuss how Israel was able to carry out its assassination of Hezbollah’s leader in Beirut, and what might come next as tensions continue to rise throughout the region. Then, in his first interview with Western media, newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian joins Fareed to talk about Iran’s support for Hezbollah, the dangers of a widening conflict in the Middle East, and women’s rights in Iran. Finally, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair tells Fareed about his new book, “On Leadership,” and what he believes democracies need to do to survive in the age of populism. Guests: Ronen Bergman (@ronenbergman), President Masoud Pezeshkian, Tony Blair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:07.0	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:10.0	I'm Faree Zakaria coming to you live from New York.
0:13.7	Today on the program I bring you interviews with Iran's new president Masut Pezevkian
0:20.0	and with the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
0:23.2	We'll skip the take this week, there is simply too much breaking news.
0:26.9	We'll get straight to it.
0:28.4	The crisis in the Middle East, it is in uncharted territory.
0:32.4	On Friday, killed a long-time Hezbollah leader Hassan
0:36.6	Nasrallah in a massive strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The attack is part of a
0:41.9	recent major escalation of Israeli airstrikes
0:45.0	against the Iranian proxy group in Lebanon. More than 1,000 people have been
0:50.2	killed since the uptick last week and hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have been displaced.
0:52.5	and hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have been displaced.
0:56.3	The attack on Nasrallah was a triumph for Israeli intelligence, but it also raises many questions.
1:03.0	Joining me now from Tel Aviv is Ronan Bergman, a staff writer for the New York Times magazine.
1:08.0	Ronan, welcome, you are fantastic at reporting on these kinds of issues.
1:14.3	How did Israel's intelligence figure out
1:19.1	when Asrula was and explain this operation
1:21.9	because it seems like they've been trying to do this for years.
1:24.8	How did them succeed?
1:28.6	They were detailed from doing that because they were very much afraid of an all-out war with Kisbala and were afraid of the
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