Is Trump really in control? In this episode, we break down the US and Israel war on Iran, the false intelligence and bad-faith negotiations behind it, the UAE’s harder line, the plagiarised report used to sell the case for war, whether Israel’s project of regional hegemony is coming to an end, and the growing backlash to settler violence.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction & Overview
01:04 How is the war with Iran going?
06:10 Is Trump really in control?
18:46 Why the UAE is taking a harder line on Iran
24:18 How the case for war was manufactured
30:44 The plagiarised report behind the war narrative
37:06 Is Israel’s regional dominance unravelling?
46:22 Why Israel’s “right to exist” argument is fraying
53:18 Why settler violence is triggering backlash
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