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29:09Now PlayingFormer Ambassador John Jenkins on Iran's interest in the Israel Hamas war, and the problems it creates for the US and Europe
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Katie Stallard interviews John Jenkins for the New Statesman podcast.
"The longer the Gaza conflict goes on, the more chance of others being drawn in and the lower the chances of Israel being inclined to make concessions. It also makes a durable settlement of the Palestinian issue (which gives Iranian support to Hamas its particular resonance in the wider Islamic world) more urgent. But given Israeli reluctance to look weak, it also makes such a settlement less likely.
That is the trap Iran has set. It is an agonising dilemma for Western policymakers. It is also a threat to the stability of Arab states that have no sympathy for Iran or Hamas but have publics outraged by the destruction in Gaza."
Read John Jenkins' essay, The Iran Trap, here
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