US official warns Israel could 'be destroyed' or use nuclear weapons against Iran

from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton

A top advisor to Donald Trump, billionaire venture capitalist David Sacks, warned that, if the war on Iran continues, "Israel could just be destroyed", or it could even use a nuclear weapon. Ben Norton explains how Washington sabotaged multiple peace deals and negotiations with Tehran, putting the world on the path toward catastrophe. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo9IHy0y8mo Topics 0:00 (CLIP) US official warns of nuclear war 0:22 Israel's nuclear weapons 2:04 UN vote against nukes in Middle East 3:00 US hypocrisy on Israel & Iran 3:34 Trump advisor David Sacks 4:55 (CLIP) Trump advisor on Israel & Iran 6:04 David Sacks, Silicon Valley billionaire 8:35 US military escalates war on Iran 9:24 This war is unpopular 10:00 Iran wants deterrence 10:53 Israel is running out of interceptors 13:33 Reports of damage in Israel 14:09 Censorship in Israel & Gulf regimes 16:36 Limited water in Persian Gulf 17:48 (CLIP) Gulf regimes in danger 18:56 Dangerous to be a US "ally" 20:31 Ali Khamenei opposed nukes 21:38 New leader Mojtaba Khamenei 22:35 Iranian military criticized fatwa 23:37 Will Iran get nuclear weapons? 25:16 Iran negotiations with USA 26:48 US-Israeli surprise attack in 2025 27:19 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) 28:09 Conclusion 29:27 Outro

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