Friday Focus: A shape-shifting moment in the Middle East
Friday Focus: A shape-shifting moment in the Middle East
On today’s Friday Focus, we find ourselves in a shape-shifting moment with major escalations taking place in the Middle East. How can Israel and Iran back down from this back and forth show of force? Meanwhile, there is strong support in Israel for a forceful counter-attack on Iran. The presence of Hezbollah along Israel’s northern border that had prevented Israel from striking Iran is now severely degraded. Is it time for Israel to take out Tehran’s nuclear program? In the second half of the show, Rudyard and Janice discuss the US response. The Biden administration, worried about what an Israel attack in Iran will do to oil prices, is desperately searching for an option that allows Israel to respond in the least escalatory way possible.
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