With David Wurmser and Grant Newsham

DAVID WURMSER, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs, Center for Security Policy, former Middle East Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, retired, US Navy Reserves Lieutenant Commander

• An on-site update of the Israel-Hamas war
• What is the role of Iran in this war?
• Was Israel aware of a potential Hamas attack?
• Who is Maher Bitar?
• What has the Biden administation’s policy been towards Israel?

GRANT NEWSHAM, Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, Contributor, Asia Times, @NewshamGrant

• Chinese connections to Iran
• Is China able to “counter” any sanctions the U.S. may put on Iran?
• China’s funding of “insurgents” around the world
• Reports of military-aged Chinese males entering the United States’ southern border