Israel & Iran at War: Trump Is "Only World Leader Who Can Stop the Cycle of Escalation"

[Uncle Joe]

Fighting between Israel and Iran has entered a fourth day, after Israel launched a sweeping, unprovoked attack. Iran's Health Ministry reports a total of 224 people have been killed, with 1,277 people hospitalized, by Israeli attacks. Iran has responded by launching a wave of missile attacks on Tel Aviv, Haifa and other Israeli cities, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 500.

We speak with Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, who says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "basically bombed away President Trump's only possibility for a diplomatic win early on in his second term." Vaez also argues President Trump is the only world leader with the ability to "stop this cycle of escalation from expanding into a much more disastrous regional conflagration."

Iranian-born Israeli political activist Orly Noy says Netanyau launched strikes on Iran to salvage his dwindling political popularity. The Israeli people are very susceptible to believing "the imaginary threats that Netanyahu uses," says Noy.

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[xocetaceans]

1. To call the attack "unprovoked" is a bit rich given the ongoing situation between Iran and its proxies & Israel. n/t