Friday morning, Israel attacked Iran in the latest of mutual attacks. The first was an Israeli attack on April 1st of Iran’s embassy compound in Syria. Then on April 13th, Iran conducted a retaliatory strike of numerous missiles and drones, most of which were intercepted. These attacks have us all wondering if a Middle East-wide war is impending. 

Joining host Esty Dinur to talk about the likely hood of a regional war is journalist Richard Silverstein and International Crisis Group‘s Joost Hiltermann.  

Richard  Silverstein is an independent journalist who reports on Israeli national security affairs, including the Israel-Palestine and Israel-Iran conflicts.  He has published the Tikun Olam blog for the past 20 years.

Joost R. Hiltermann is Program Director, Middle East & North Africa for International Crisis Group.  Tthe International Crisis Group is an independent NGO dedicated to preventing deadly conflict. Hiltermann is author of A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja (Cambridge, 2007), and Behind the Intifada: Labor and Women’s Movements in the Occupied Territories (Princeton, 1991).

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