Do Iran and its allies pose an existential threat to Israel? | DW News

Israel is at war with Hamas which is also a proxy for Iran. The leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran has made his opinion of Israel clear, saying it is a “cancer [that] will be uprooted at the hands of the Palestinian people… god willing.” Tehran’s stated goal is the destruction of Israel. But it hasn’t always been this way.

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00:00 Background
00:18 Guido Steinberg, Middle East Analyst
05:53 Yalda Zarbakhch, Head of DW Farsi Service and Shani Rozanes, DW Middle East Analyst