Steve Linde: Jewish News Syndicate Features Editor on the conflict between Israel and Iran

Israel’s operation against Iran is expected to "take weeks, not days", as tension escalates between the countries. 

224 Iranians and 24 Israelis have been killed since hostilities began after Israel's initial attack on Friday. 

Features editor at Jewish News Syndicate, Steve Linde told Mike Hosking Israel has a few days to try to end this, before they alienate the world and go too far.  

He says Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to change the face of the Middle East by realigning forces for and against Iran, while the Americans want to strike a deal diplomatically.  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So the Israeli run conflict dent is a fourth day
this why so far? Over two hundred and iron nineteen
in Israel features editor a Jewish news syndicate and former
editor in chief at Jerusalem Post, Steve Linda's with a
Steve morning to you.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Good morning to you.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
What's your sense of where this goes over the coming weeks?
Do we have any idea or does it just carry on?

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, we've definitely witnessed an escalation since the war began
on Friday, So this is the fourth day. We've just
had a press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin attan Yahoo
in Israel, and he seems to think that Israel's on
the road to victory and that it shouldn't take much longer,

(00:41):
though he declined to say whether this would be days
or weeks. But we are seeing Iranian ballistic missile attacks
pretty much every day, every night, which sends, you know,
lots of Israelis into bomb shelters. Had at least twenty
four people killed since the began in Israel.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
When Victor, when he uses the word victory, what does
victory look like?

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Well, for him, I think victory looks like the end
of Iran's nuclear capabilities. On a visit to Iran to
an Israeli air base today, he said that victory is
the end of Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. So

(01:27):
he said that Israel's on the path to achieving these
two goals now that the air space two Tehran is open.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
What's your sense of the Steve were rewriting the Middle
East here or are we simply in a skirmish that
will curtail nuclear ambitions.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Well, from Nataniao's point of view, he's clearly trying to
change the face of the Middle East and realigning forces
for and against Iran. But it remains to be seen.
I think from the Americans point of view, especially Donald
trum they would like to get Iran back to the
negotiating table to strike some kind of a deal diplomatically.

(02:07):
So I think they're using this war between Israel and
Iran in a way to get Iran to come back
into the fold.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
Any great expectation that anything tangible or material comes out
of the jew Seven this.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
Week, well, I mean, like you, I'm a journalist, so
I don't really know. We'll have to wait and see,
but I think it's a very interesting situation. At the moment,
and the war certainly has made things very sensitive. So
we'll see if you know, the nations of the world

(02:42):
decide to take a strong stand, certainly with Britain and
France supporting Israel as well. At this time, I think,
you know, Israel has a few days to try to
end this and then it may alienate the world again
if it goes.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
To Steve, appreciate your time very much. We'll start to
touch Steve Linda, who's the feature editor at the Jewish
new Syndicate former editor and chief at the Jerusalem Post.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
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