00:00 What we're saying to Israel is don't do something that actually then just leads to a further escalation
00:08 and we end up in a much more serious, much more long-term conflict.
00:12 That wouldn't be in Israel's interest. It wouldn't be in the world's interest.
00:16 Well, I mean, our goal is to prevent that being the case.
00:18 We don't want to see an enlarged regional war.
00:22 Let's face it, no one wants to see that in the Middle East.
00:25 So that is why we're providing, I hope, wise counsel. I do think Israel have been very considerate about it.
00:31 They haven't hit back the next night or, you know, it's already Thursday.
00:36 They're being thoughtful about the way they react against this.
00:41 The United Kingdom will always stand on the side of freedom and democracy.
00:44 We are defending a democracy, a country with a legitimate right to its own self-defense.
00:51 We are, you know, as I say, appalled by the actions of Iran, a country who already said they want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.
01:01 And of course, use their proxies to attack British shipping and global shipping in the Red Sea and sometimes in the Straits of Hormuz.
01:09 So Iran is behind all of the problems.
01:12 Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, the three H's, plus other militias aligned to Iran.
01:19 So, you know, as long as it's relaxed within international law, they certainly have the right to their own self-defense.
01:26 We will certainly be by their side.
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