Defence analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra has been visiting Israel since he was a boy. In this conversation, he brings three decades of study and analysis of the Israel-Palestine conflict to help understand where the Gaza war is going, and what happens to Israel and Palestine next. In this conversation, Abhijit Iyer-Mitra and Hindol Sengupta discuss, - a comparison of the military capabilities of Iran and Israel, - why Israel will respond to the Iranian attack, - the notion of deterrence for Israel, - the state of the war in Gaza, - if Netanyahu is embattled, - why settlements are part of a strategy to bring Palestinians to the negotiating table, - and why Israelis are more united than ever.

This video explores how - - The mullahs of Iran, backed by the IRGC, are actively disrupting peace agreements between Arab nations and Israel due to their expansionist ambitions rooted in revolutionary Shia Islam and a desire to challenge Israel's existence and Western influence in the region. - Iran's anti-Israel rhetoric and support for militant groups like Hamas and Hezbollah reflect its strategic goal of maintaining dominance in the Muslim world and countering the normalization of relations between Arab countries and Israel, as seen in the Abraham Accords. - The mullahs view peace agreements as threats to their influence and seek to sabotage them to uphold Iran's revolutionary agenda and preserve their grip on power in the region.