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This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we sit down with Middle East Eye’s Editor in Chief David Hearst to talk about the rapidly unfolding war between Israel and Iran, why the West supports it and what it threatens to unleash on the global order. What does Israel really want to achieve, what options does Iran have to deescalate, and will the United States stop the war, or join it? Subscribe and listen on all podcast platforms: https://thebigpicture.buzzsprout.com/ TIMECODES: 00:00 – Intro 06:00 – Iran’s strategic calculus 12:00 – Washington’s contradictions exposed 18:00 – Israel’s evolving war goals 24:00 – Moral red lines blur 30:00 – Hezbollah’s balancing act 36:00 – Narratives, legitimacy, and propaganda 42:00 – Negotiation as a weapon 48:00 – UN sidelined, Global South diverges 54:00 – The unknowable future MEE LIVE: Tuesday & Thursday | 12pm ET | 5pm BST | Join the conversation at [email protected] Support stories that matter. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR0fZh5SBxxMNYdg0VzRFkg/join Subscribe to our channel: http://ow.ly/AVlW30n1OWH Subscribe to MEE Telegram channel to stay up to date: https://t.me/MiddleEastEye_TG Middle East Eye Website: https://middleeasteye.net Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@middleeasteye Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/MiddleEastEye Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/MiddleEastEye Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye