The Israel-Iran war is more dangerous than we imagine | David Hearst | The Big Picture

This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we sit down with Middle East Eye’s Editor in Chief David Hearst to talk about the rapidly unfolding war between Israel and Iran, why the West supports it and what it threatens to unleash on the global order.

What does Israel really want to achieve, what options does Iran have to deescalate, and will the United States stop the war, or join it?

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TIMECODES:
00:00 – Intro
06:00 – Iran’s strategic calculus
12:00 – Washington’s contradictions exposed
18:00 – Israel’s evolving war goals
24:00 – Moral red lines blur
30:00 – Hezbollah’s balancing act
36:00 – Narratives, legitimacy, and propaganda
42:00 – Negotiation as a weapon
48:00 – UN sidelined, Global South diverges
54:00 – The unknowable future

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