Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Israeli Intelligence Officer Ari Ben-Menashe. He discusses the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding signed by Donald Trump and the history of Israeli leaders sabotaging US deals with Iran, why Israel urgently needs its own deal with Iran, his belief that Donald Trump is in danger from Israel and elements in the US after making a deal with Iran to remove the US from the war, why he believes Trump has done the right thing for the US by correcting his mistake of starting the war in the first place, why Netanyahu’s next war may be with Ansar Allah in Yemen and the prospect of another USS Liberty-style event, the future for Lebanon as Israel continues its occupation despite the deal, and much more.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert. He discusses Benjamin Netanyahu’s failures resulting from his persuasion of Trump to start the war on Iran which resulted in a US-Iran deal weaker than the JCPOA, his assertion that Israel committed war crimes in Iran but not genocide, Jewish terrorism by Israeli settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Israeli government being to blame, why Israel’s actions in Lebanon do not serve Israel’s interests, Trump’s plan for Syria’s President Al-Sharaa to deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘total failures’ ranging from Gaza to Iran and why he believes Netanyahu will resign, his own record in presiding over Operation Cast Lead which saw the deaths of 300 children, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:12) - World Refugee Day
(00:01:34) - Israel vs Iran
(00:10:47) - Former Prime Minister of Israel on Hezbollah
(00:14:22) - Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmet on Trump's Syria Policy
(00:19:55) - Israel's war crimes in Gaza
(00:24:00) - Israel's Source for The Samson Option Says Trump's Life Is in

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Steve Keen, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategy Resilience and Security at UCL. He discusses the severe risk of a global famine as a result of the Strait of Hormuz being shut creating a shortage of petroleum-based fertilisers, Epstein blackmail being one of the reasons for this war despite the disastrous consequences, the financial sector’s ignorance on the true consequences of this war, why a serious financial crisis is now looming for most of the world, the combination of stupidity and blackmail behind Trump launching the war on Iran, the insider trading and corruption leading to massive profits for those close to Trump, why nuclear deterrence remains the only deterrence to attack by the US, the risk of Israel’s Samson Option, why the U.K. and Europe have doubled down on the proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Going Undercover: The G7 Summit
(00:00:54) - Steve Keane: Famine May Strike 2 Billion People by 2030
(00:04:17) - What are the Reasons Why So Many Governments Are Supporting Israel?
(00:14:19) - Trump, Jeffrey Epstein
(00:17:56) - Going Underground: Iran's Nuclear Deterrence
(00:19:24) - Five Scenarios of How This War Will End
(00:20:48) - Trump Could Use Nuclear Weapons
(00:23:44) - Brexit and the Russia crisis
(00:26:41) - Will We See a Rise in Fascism in Western Europe?

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Theodore Postol, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and National Security Policy at MIT and former Chief of Naval Operations Adviser at the Pentagon. He discusses the state of Donald Trump’s war on Iran and the pressure on him from the Israel lobby, why this is a war of existential survival for Iran and not a defensive war on the part of the US, the prospect of Donald Trump using nuclear weapons against Iran and why it is impossible for the US and Israel to fully destroy Iran’s nuclear program, Iran’s strategy of remaining on the brink of obtaining nuclear weapons but not crossing the threshold, why Israel is the real nuclear danger in the region as Israel’s military is on the ropes, the prospect of Iran striking Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Going Underground: Iran's Nuclear Program and the War
(00:01:35) - Ted Postal on Trump's War on Iran
(00:09:52) - Steve Postal on Iran's Nuclear Program
(00:14:17) - Does Iran Have Nuclear Weapons?
(00:22:15) - Could Iran Hit Dubai With Nuclear Weapons?
(00:23:56) - Kiev's Attacks on Nuclear Plants
(00:25:36) - Ted Postal on Dimona and the Iranian Nuclear Program

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Chen Weihua, former China Daily EU Bureau Chief and Washington Correspondent. He discusses how the US’ hegemony and soft power stands after the war on Iran, Gaza genocide, and kidnapping of Venezuela’s President Maduro, whether US allies will continue remaining vassal states and China’s approach to a changing world, the view that the US-Israeli war on Iran is really a part of the war on China, why China hasn’t acted more forcefully to defend its interests as the US continues its campaign against China, how the US drastically underestimated China’s economic power, and much more.

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Foreign Correspondent: Israel's War on Iran
(00:01:34) - Coming soon: Retired Chinese Journalist Chen Guangxin
(00:02:21) - US soft power is declining
(00:13:37) - China's support for Iran
(00:14:17) - China's Military Opposition to US Hegemony
(00:18:24) - DW: Any Country That Hosts a US Military Base
(00:20:18) - China's reliance on foreign markets
(00:25:20) - G7 meets in Evian
(00:27:06) - Going Underground