Why Israel and Iran are enemies | Mapped Out

On April 13, 2024, Iran launched missiles and drones toward Israel, vowing retaliation for a deadly strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria, reportedly by Israeli forces. It was the Islamic Republic's first direct attack on its bitter enemy. Prior to the strikes, Iran and Israel had been engaged in a years-long shadow war — and attacks by the Iran-backed militant Islamist group Hamas on Israel in October 2023 had moved the conflict to a whole new level. What are the roots of the Iranian-Israeli conflict? And what role does Israel's number one ally, the US, play in it?

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:15 What the Iranian regime’s threat to destroy Israel actually means
7:01 How Israel is responding to Iran’s threats
10:25 US, Saudi Arabia, the bigger picture

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[funkygenesis]

"He wrote several books on a particular topic in two languages. So he really knows what he's talking about...", This is the most superficial thing I've heard in a while. What an insult to the audience's intelligence.

[CivisTomi]

One can learn so much information from this video, except "the real reason behind the conflict between Iran and Israel".

[jewels]

Israel has lost much, much support by us, Americans. They are using starvation as a weapon of war.

The sympathy is OVER

[lyxlodt]

Incredibly, you did not mention the recent agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia brokered by China that led even to an exchage of ambassadors and put and end to Iran's isolation, nor did you mention Syria position nor the fact that Israel owns 100-200 nuclear bombs. More, you reported and used the US and EU definitions of IRAN as they were "the truth", while they're obviously negative.
So your storytelling is very partial, in my opinion.

[ronaldstephenregnier]

I love the way it starts by jumping from 1948 to 1979, completely ignoring the US/UK coup of 1953, the seminal event in the history of modern Iran, on which everting in today's Middel East has pivioted. Jesus ! This passes for journalism ???

[farzan]

As an Iranian I would like to thank DW for its comprehensive report on this. However one thing that was not mentioned in this report was the internal problems within Iran as there have been many bloody protests and riots against the government within Iran over the last two years, so other than the fact that the current government has been trying to spend billions of dollars to fund its ideological goals, it has also been trying to use this conflict in the region as a means of distraction and diverting the attention of people from real internal issues facing the country.

[goldeneastgun]

"He wrote numerous books, in English and Farsi... so he really knows what he's talking about." 😂😂😂 Yeah okay.

[radinmasoumzadeh]

This is not what I expected from this video, seems it's trying to manufacture consent for something against Iran, putting all the blame on them

[jwhan]

This video is not good enough to explain how much the issue is complicated.

The Israelis-Iranian relationship is far more complex than this document briefly mentioned. For example, the Israeli ambassador to South Korea once said to Koreans "One day, we will have a peaceful relationship with Iran, I am sure. For we have no issue or argument with Iran as a country. Maybe around that time, the Korean peninsula would be united." The Israeli diplomat might have lied to Koreans, but I believe this comment shows that the Israeli foreign policy establishment sees their relationship with Iran in a multi-dimensional way.

And Iranians are not as simple and homogeneous as this video describes. They have a sophisticated and institutionalised governance system. Some may be religious and ideological but others must be practical and competitive. That is why the Iranian regime managed to survive even though there was and is a lot of pressure to destroy it.

To sum up, my point is this: do not underestimate how far both Israelis and Iranians are capable and how complicated each of their internal societies are. It's not that much simple. If it were, it would have been much easier to deal with this issue.

[boomersDCAT]

My Ex-Wife is an Iranian expatriate. She was lucky enough to *escape* from Iran in 2010. According to her, the majority of Iranian people do not hate the Israeli people. They hate the Regime and resent the of funding of proxy wars over helping Iranians citizens. The Mullahs-Regime have destroyed the Iranian economy, and forced its citizens to fall into line.

[WorldNews-rjdi]

Two formerly friendly countries turned into enemies. We pray for peace.

[thomasmuller]

"He wrote several books on a particular topic in two languages. So he really knows what he's talking about..."

Idk, is that really the way you do your research? Because my prof would have my head for such a statement.

[tylerd]

Does Azerbaijan have an adversarial relationship with Iran? If not, it's hard to imagine it would allow Israel to launch strikes from within its borders, which could result in retaliatory attacks on its own land.

[bobito]

Israel without the U.S. is insignificant

[viggo]

So.. What was the "real reason"? I somehow missed that.

[zpllelt]

You never actually explain why? Just how it happened?

[anastasiagviniachvili]

The way every-sentence in this video is framed in a pro-Israel way is crazy

[Swa]

Whatever you say... The conflict between two is only 1)religion
2)religion
3)religion

[turab]

You mentioned that Israel and Saudi Arabia were close to start deplomatic relations before October 7th and Iran didn't like it but you forgot to mention that Iran and Saudi Arabia had already normalized their relationship before Oct 7th

[andywong]

Read Matt 4:8-10 will settle all who are concerned with the political problems in this world. I was so passionate against injustice in my country that I offered myself to be candidate of a political party.
Now on reading John 18:36, my regular prayer is “ Even so, come, Lord Jesus. “