Israel and iron are foes. They can certainly be enemies of each other. Iron has not attacked israel. It does not have a budget that allows it to buy weapons. Israel's defence establishment has come out repeatedly cautioning against aggression with iron. So i think we really must hew to the sane and intelligent voices that representIsraels defense interests, rather than listening to rhetoric from iranian regime.
In this debate from the Intelligence Squared archive, we head back to 2020, when we invited journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, academic and writer Azadeh Moaveni, the Saudi political analyst Salman al-Ansari and former Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan to debate the motion: Iran is Not Our Enemy. The discussion touches on many issues that hold relevance in the current moment, ranging from the effectiveness of sanctions to the capabilities of nuclear-armed nations. The debate was chaired by the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet.
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