The Role of Iran in the Israel-Hamas Conflict

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Michael Shermer

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🗓️ 4 November 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

In-person event next month: https://skeptic.com/event

Shermer and Taleblu discuss: • Iran and Hamas • Hamas and Israel • Does Iran really want to wipe Israel off the map? • Islam, Islamism, Jihadism • Sharia Law • Hamas, Hezbollah, and terrorism in the Middle East • Would Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) work with Iran? • Do economic sanctions work against Iran? • Trump’s strategies in the Middle East: what worked, what didn’t and why • the Iran Deal, and why they support terrorists • U.S. support for Israel • Biden Administrations culpability in releasing $16 billion to Iran • how weaker nations can fight stronger nations • the state of democracies in the world • the state of U.S. democracy.

Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues. Behnam previously served as a research fellow and senior Iran analyst at FDD. Prior to his time at FDD, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think-tank in Washington. Leveraging his subject-matter expertise and native Farsi skills, Behnam has closely tracked a wide range of Iran-related topics including: nuclear non-proliferation, ballistic missiles, sanctions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic, and internal Iranian politics. Frequently called upon to brief journalists, congressional staff, and other Washington-audiences, Behnam has also testified before the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament.

His analysis has been quoted in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Fox News, Associated Press, and Agence France-Presse, among others. Additionally, he has contributed to or co-authored articles for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Fox News, The Hill, War on the Rocks, The National Interest, and U.S. News & World Report. Behnam has appeared on a variety of broadcast programs, including BBC News, Fox News, CBS Interactive, C-SPAN, and Defense News. Behnam earned his MA in International Relations from The University of Chicago, and his BA in International Affairs and Middle East Studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Michael Sherman Show. The Michael Sherber Show I want to tell you about our upcoming event, December 1st, 2nd and 3rd, right here in
0:29.4	Santa Barbara.
0:30.8	Saturday, we're going to have podcast recordings. I've got Michael Schelenburg coming
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0:44.2	Pagosians is going to do his street epistemology with us. On Sunday I have
0:48.0	Jared Diamond coming up from LA. We're going to record a live podcast
0:52.1	episode with him as well and you'll be participating.
0:55.0	Much of the time will be spent with just questions and comments from the audience.
1:00.0	So it's going to be big fun.
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1:20.8	It's going to be a terrific big fun. See you then.
1:24.0	My guest today is Benham, Ben Pablo, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of
1:30.2	Democracy's, FDD, where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues.
1:37.2	Benham previously served as a research fellow and senior Iran analyst at FDD.
1:42.1	Prior to his time in FDD, Benham worked on non-proliferation issues at an
1:47.5	arms control think tank in Washington, leveraging his subject matter expertise and native farcy skills.
1:54.2	Benham has closely tracked a wide range of Iran-related topics including nuclear
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