Iran
In this inaugural podcast episode, Ambassador Ron Dermer and JINSA CEO Michael Makovsky discuss Israel’s position on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to the Knesset, and preview the Iran Deal being negotiated in Vienna.
Jonathan Spyer, a researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, said it’s “the latest episode in the effort to rehabilitate the Syrian president and return him to legitimacy in the Arab world and internationally.”
It reportedly includes hundreds of millions of shekels worth of Iron Dome interceptors and radars.
“Israel is committed to building a good partnership with anyone against the radical axis of Iran,” says Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll.
“We must recruit the world, and we must make our intelligence, offensive and defense capabilities available,” said Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
The special security force will be tasked with protecting sensitive installations and high-profile individuals from attack.
“The question of Jerusalem is not a political matter. It is a biblical issue,” says Knesset member Gila Gamliel.
Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser says Israel should move to pressure Biden administration in time left before signing • Addressing Russia’s war, Kuperwasser declares Jerusalem “naturally stands with Ukraine and the West.”
“It almost looks as if the United States is content with enabling the worst elements of the regime to enrich and to continue their crimes against humanity,” said Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
“My greatest wish for you, the Iranian people: That you will see a new day,” says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
An interview with International Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Grossi.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are “Hezbollah in Lebanon, they are Islamic Jihad in Gaza, they are the Houthis in Yemen, they are the militias in Iraq,” said the Israeli officials. “The IRGC are responsible for attacks on American civilians and forces throughout the Middle East.”
