The Inside Story - Israel at War | Episode 113 TRANSCRIPT

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : On the heels of President Biden promising US support to Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to visit the region in a show of support for Israel's right to self-defense.
67% : In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Israel to show solidarity.
63% : Iran funds it.
57% : Lina Khatib, Director, Middle East Institute at SOAS University of London:Iran has been for several years supporting Hamas through funding and through training and through military equipment.
52% : Iran gives the weapons.
50% : And we're always stronger together, our two countries, when we show that to the world, that we do respect innocent life and that we do respect not only the rule of law but the law of war.
49% : The Hamas attack on Israel Saturday took most regional powers by surprise, but many analysts say Iran would have approved the assault in advance.
49% : And so, we're talking about a geopolitical context in which Hamas - and also its backer, Iran - want to set the political agenda.
47% : Iran is behind this.
45% : Decisions to engage in war by these groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and others can only happen with explicit prior direct agreement from Iran.
44% : My message to Iran is stay out of this and to Hezbolla, stay out of this.
41% : What interest would Iran have in renewed conflict between Hamas and Israel?
41% : I think there's also tremendous concern that we may see other groups that have been supported by Iran on seeking us Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the West Bank has Ebola in the north get involved in this conflict, especially as Israel pound's Gaza.
39% : Iran has described Hamas's actions as 'the manifestation of resistance' - but denied any responsibility.
38% : But this is very different from saying that Iran ordered these groups to do these attacks.
38% : I'm not sure Iran is seeking a larger confrontation.
36% : Israeli officials say there is no direct evidence that Tehran directed the attack.
36% : Our VOA Persian Service spoke with the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who placed blame on Iran for the attacks and discussed the actions taken by the U.S. to assist Israel.
35% : Musk replied via X, saying his platform was transparent, and he called on the EU to list the alleged violations.
28% : Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, blamed "an evil axis whose base is in Iran."
28% : U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday he had not yet seen direct evidence of Iranian involvement in the Hamas attack.

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