Alastair Crooke

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913 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 9 Jun

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The Chris Hedges Report · Is the Ceasefire Dead? (w/ Alastair Crooke) | The Chris Hedges Report · 9 Jun 2026 podcast

every day, and the people there are complaining bitterly at the government and saying, you know, we're Israeli, where's our protection?

Where are we being supported?

So I'm sure, you know, we know from the past there's been

I mean, first of all, I mean, you know, from going right back, Netanyahu was very quick off the mark to support Biden.

And that really galled Trump from long, long way back.

I'm not suggesting there's any love there, but what was quite interesting I saw is that Smotrich, the minister of Netanyahu, was saying, look, actually...

You know, all this limited exchange of missiles, that's another equation, by the way, this limited exchange of missiles, you know, maybe it wasn't a reflection of a... Maybe it was more theatre than open conflict, because maybe Netanyahu persuaded Trump that, you know, attacking Iran with missiles and pushing back hard on Lebanon...

would help push Iran towards negotiations and make them more open to that.

I personally believe that would be an extraordinary conclusion to draw and totally wrong.

But nonetheless, that's what the minister was suggesting quietly on the side, that it was maybe just a ruse to mostly theatricals.

I mean...

theatricals and a real dislike of each other, probably, too.

But I think for the time being, Trump probably needs Netanyahu.

Because that's why he's working so hard to get to him.

But because actually, I mean, the situation in Israel, it seems to me, is getting very, very, very divided.

And what happens?

Netanyahu is not well.

he looks not well, but he isn't well, I think.

And his party is coming apart.

And it's quite possible that the machine that he's put into place over 20 and more years could implode.

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