Lebanon in the center of Saudi-Iranian rivalry

Lebanon has been pushed to the center of regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran, since the Saudi-backed Lebanese politician Sa'ad al-Hariri – in an unexpected move - resigned his post as the country's Prime Minister, blaming Iran and its Lebanese-proxy Hezbollah of forcibly asserting Tehran's interests in Lebanon, as well as sowing strife across the Arab world.

Guests Dr. Nir Boms – Research fellow, Moshe Dayan center at Tel Aviv University, Prof. Efraim Kam, Senior researcher, INSS, and Dr. Eran Lerman – Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for strategic studies and a lecturer at Shalem College. Analyst Amir Oren.

Jerusalem Studio

The program offers the viewer deeper understanding about current events in Israel. The topics vary from domestic and foreign policy to social changes, archaelogy and religion.

The program is hosted by TV7 Israel News anchor Jonathan Hessen.

  • First broadcast: November 14, 2017, TV7 World
  • Episode number: 282
  • Duration: 30 min
  • Spoken languages:
  • English
  • Subtitles:
  • Estonian, Finnish, Swedish