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so, this was not an u.s., uk joint operation to defend israel. the uk involvement last night looks more second order that it may have been more of a support capacity. in terms of language and diplomacy from the uk we are seeing the jewel position of condemning events overnight. but also trying to urge restraint and de-escalation. think later today we will likely hear from senior members of the government more closely involved with the uk military response. for now, though, it was up to the health secretary to deliver the broader uk position when she told the uk studios this morning. >> i am conscious this is a moving situation and more details will emerge. but, we want to ensure now that this does not escalate and so our message to everyone is that we have to contain this, we have to work with israel to ensure that they are supported but to do so in a way that helps to de-escalate tensions in the region because this is not what any of us wanted. british jets and uk jets were sent to the region as part of what a called operation shade an antiiniti
so, this was not an u.s., uk joint operation to defend israel. the uk involvement last night looks more second order that it may have been more of a support capacity. in terms of language and diplomacy from the uk we are seeing the jewel position of condemning events overnight. but also trying to urge restraint and de-escalation. think later today we will likely hear from senior members of the government more closely involved with the uk military response. for now, though, it was up to the...
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-uk defense, israeli defense mission. it may prove that they have more of a support, but yes, the language of the diplomacy from the uk, condemnation standing with israel and its security, that message coming out as well. but i think, deep concern about where this could go now. >> rob and dominic, thank you very much indeed. >>> just let you know, coming up at half past eight, joe phillips will be getting more reaction to last night's attack from both the government and labor. he will be speaking to the health secretary, victoria atkins, she was behind just a moment ago, and shadow secretary, evette cooper. that is coming up in the program just got it: 30. 30. let's to take a look now at the weather. cooler, as a risk northwesterly replaces a mild southwesterly flow, however, temperatures will be close to average for april. mostly dry start of the day for southern parts of england and wales. blustery showers in the northwest, they will become more widespread through the morning. some of the showers will be heavy on foundr
-uk defense, israeli defense mission. it may prove that they have more of a support, but yes, the language of the diplomacy from the uk, condemnation standing with israel and its security, that message coming out as well. but i think, deep concern about where this could go now. >> rob and dominic, thank you very much indeed. >>> just let you know, coming up at half past eight, joe phillips will be getting more reaction to last night's attack from both the government and labor. he...
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tell us a little bit more about the uk response then. publicly supportive of israel as we heard from the u.s.. >> we know that the uk has moved raf jets to the region. we know that raf jets were involved in some capacity in israel, in defense of israel last night. specifically whether they shot down any iranian drones or missiles is not clear. there is no direct confirmation from the ministry of defense. what the government has said is that those jets being moved to the region as part of operation shader. to counter islamic states in iraq and syria. however, those jets were also authorized to shoot down iranian drones if they needed to. so the involvement feels a little bit more second-order than the u.s. mission over there. it may well be that the raf have more of a support role, and some back for the u.s. jets on existing missions. in terms of the language we've been getting from uk senior ministers, he issued a statement overnight condemning, as he said, in the strongest terms, the reckless attack against israel. talking about how the
tell us a little bit more about the uk response then. publicly supportive of israel as we heard from the u.s.. >> we know that the uk has moved raf jets to the region. we know that raf jets were involved in some capacity in israel, in defense of israel last night. specifically whether they shot down any iranian drones or missiles is not clear. there is no direct confirmation from the ministry of defense. what the government has said is that those jets being moved to the region as part of...
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what is the uk play? >> the uk is a close supporter of israel but it is taking an interesting stance in terms of the way it is describing its role. the u.s. military has very clearly said it's just for flying in support of the israeli operations to defend its airspace overnight from this unprecedented irani barrage of ballistic crews missiles and explosive drones. for the uk, they said they deployed additional jets, along with refueling tanker aircraft. to an airbase we have where the uk already has a deployment. it has been there for years operating against islamic states in iraq and syria. ostensibly, this increase in jets to cyprus has been part of operation shade so not an admission however, the aircraft that were deployed last night, and they don't deploy every night so the fact that they were is clearly because of this that there was happening. this note attack that was coming from iran. they were given permission to shoot down any iranian missiles or drones. as part of that mission. which would mea
what is the uk play? >> the uk is a close supporter of israel but it is taking an interesting stance in terms of the way it is describing its role. the u.s. military has very clearly said it's just for flying in support of the israeli operations to defend its airspace overnight from this unprecedented irani barrage of ballistic crews missiles and explosive drones. for the uk, they said they deployed additional jets, along with refueling tanker aircraft. to an airbase we have where the uk...
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so rocco what has the uk response been done? we we know rf jets were involved in the defense of israel overnight, that potentially was more in a support capacity. we also know from the the defense update overnight, the uk has decided to move more rf jets and refueling tankers to the region. saying these would intercept any airborne attacks that were in range of any uk missions in the region. so that is practically what is going on militarily. in terms of the language that is coming out from the uk overnight it is very much focused on condemning the iranian attack toward israel. but also urging de-escalation, as well. the prime minister, rishi sunak, released a statement overnight in which he said he condemned in the strongest terms the iranian regime's reckless attack, the strikes risk employment tensions and destabilizing the region. iran has once again and demonstrated its intent on sewing chaos in his own backyard. he said that the uk would stand by israel's security and all of its regional partners and is working to stabiliz
so rocco what has the uk response been done? we we know rf jets were involved in the defense of israel overnight, that potentially was more in a support capacity. we also know from the the defense update overnight, the uk has decided to move more rf jets and refueling tankers to the region. saying these would intercept any airborne attacks that were in range of any uk missions in the region. so that is practically what is going on militarily. in terms of the language that is coming out from the...
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the united states, uk, and others helped. iran, it's useless to do this but message has been sent. >> that's right. i think that -- they have a dilemma and choice. and the message from the white house is jack reed calling for prudence on the part of israel. so that's definitely the advice coming from the united states. please don't escalate further. you know, this could get out of control, and i think israel will have to respond somehow. i think that will be certain. the question is to what degree, at what level can they calibrate their response so that we don't have a direct, you know, open-ended war between israel and iran? you there is one take away here. israel's air defenses seemed to have worked very well and they poured a lot of money into that with a of u.s. help but if this is accurate -- we still don't know all the details -- but it seems to suggest that they were able to fend off dozens of drones and ballistic missiles. you said they had plenty of time to prepare and they knew this was coming and i don't think this
the united states, uk, and others helped. iran, it's useless to do this but message has been sent. >> that's right. i think that -- they have a dilemma and choice. and the message from the white house is jack reed calling for prudence on the part of israel. so that's definitely the advice coming from the united states. please don't escalate further. you know, this could get out of control, and i think israel will have to respond somehow. i think that will be certain. the question is to...
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apparently the uk is being an alternate code holder and cheerleader by joining in the fray. this is not what needs to happen. israel has behaved recklessly. it has behaved dangerously. iran has also behaved recklessly and dangerously. we do not need to be pouring gasoline on this fire, which is apparently what we are doing. i think that is a huge mistake. >> obviously both israel and iran would say the other party is responsible for escalating it. israel is obviously still traumatized is probably the right word to use over the october 7th attacks, which were, shook the country to its core. you mentioned grown-ups in the room. do you have any hope that the u.s. is trying to possibly rein in the israeli response? that would be your help and if so, do you think they have the ability and the influence to do so? >> they do have the ability and influence, no doubt. reagan did it, eisenhower did it, george herbert walker bush did it. this administration has been loath to use that influence. they have made comments about we wish you would do this, we wish you wouldn't do that but wi
apparently the uk is being an alternate code holder and cheerleader by joining in the fray. this is not what needs to happen. israel has behaved recklessly. it has behaved dangerously. iran has also behaved recklessly and dangerously. we do not need to be pouring gasoline on this fire, which is apparently what we are doing. i think that is a huge mistake. >> obviously both israel and iran would say the other party is responsible for escalating it. israel is obviously still traumatized is...
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even led a hastily organized coalition to defend israel, including jordan and the uk. iran said it is done, that the garage was it's only response to israel's deadly air strike on iran's embassy compound in syria. but, iran warns today that any israeli reprisal would be met with an immediate counterstrike. >> for more, jeremy johnson, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon and former editor in chief of the jerusalem post, yakov katz is here now he is now a senior fellow at the jewish policy institute, the author of three books on the israeli motor including israel versus iran, the shadow war. i want to start with a quote that i heard earlier today, david sanger of the "new york times" called this a rubicon moment. iran has not attacked israel in the four decades since the rizzo revolution. does israel now have more latitude to attack iran directly? jeremy? >> i think israel would be justified in retaliating, and certainly there is some argument that they should, to reestablish deterrence. i think this is probably what the israeli war cabinet is debating at t
even led a hastily organized coalition to defend israel, including jordan and the uk. iran said it is done, that the garage was it's only response to israel's deadly air strike on iran's embassy compound in syria. but, iran warns today that any israeli reprisal would be met with an immediate counterstrike. >> for more, jeremy johnson, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon and former editor in chief of the jerusalem post, yakov katz is here now he is now a senior fellow at the...
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and the uk plenty of opportunities to shoot them down to avoid having these suicide drones actually hit israel proper g, and if one or two to get through, i think it is unlikely that they are targeted to civilian areas. again, iran knows that heading civilians in israelli probably would require a reaction from israel, and get support from israel at a time when israel is not very well liked in the region or even, indeed, in the western world because of its actions in gaza. i think they really do want this to be the end of the story. as richard engel pointed out on x, iran's u.n. mission very quickly put itio out as a statement that this is the end. >> let me ask you about the domestic purposes of iran's motivation for a moment before we can get into the implications for the region and what it means for the war in gaza. you mentioned that iran had to do this, or had to do something for domestic face-saving measures or purposes. walk us through why they were compelled to do that, and if they had not done that, could they have -- there was some suggestions that the iranians were requesting
and the uk plenty of opportunities to shoot them down to avoid having these suicide drones actually hit israel proper g, and if one or two to get through, i think it is unlikely that they are targeted to civilian areas. again, iran knows that heading civilians in israelli probably would require a reaction from israel, and get support from israel at a time when israel is not very well liked in the region or even, indeed, in the western world because of its actions in gaza. i think they really do...
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and i am hearing that the uk played a role and france played a role. and so, i think what we have here was a metered response from iran because they didn't want for further escalation of this. >> the numbers really quickly here, general, the idf the source we have 300 plus projectiles as mentioned earlier. they say 99% were intercepted either by idf or other parties and some you were mentioning. that would mean roughly about three or four made it through. does the math add up? >> yes, it does. and i understand that the ballistic missiles are the ones that got through. those are the ones that i anticipated would get through. and i am told it hit an idf military facility down south. and so ballistic missiles are hard to shoot down. the patriots and the david sling participated going after the high altitude missiles. and you expect some to get through. but the intent to overwhelm the iron dome umbrella over israel in order to allow some of these to get through. >> general, what if the united states did not assist israel in its defense? would we have seen
and i am hearing that the uk played a role and france played a role. and so, i think what we have here was a metered response from iran because they didn't want for further escalation of this. >> the numbers really quickly here, general, the idf the source we have 300 plus projectiles as mentioned earlier. they say 99% were intercepted either by idf or other parties and some you were mentioning. that would mean roughly about three or four made it through. does the math add up? >>...