The Unpredictable Path of Global Conflicts

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu insists his sweeping attacks on Iran are a necessity to protect his country from a ‘nuclear holocaust’.

But what is his ultimate aim? 

The two countries are exchanging attacks, with an Israeli strike hitting the world’s biggest gas field and some Iranian missiles hitting buildings inside Israel.

Prime Minister Netanyahu insists the attacks were nothing compared to what Iran would see in the coming days. 

Today, Hussein Ibish from the Arab Gulf States Institute on the risks of further escalation and America being drawn into the conflict. 

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Hussein Ibish, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington