The speaker says Iran supports Hamas and Hezbollah to distract Israel, while Saudi Arabia seeks influence because oil export power depends on control of shipping lanes such as Hormuz and Suez.
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Suez Canal
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the Ben -Gurion Canal, which cuts through Gaza and replaces the Suez Canal. It is the technological and financial center of the Middle East..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the Ben -Gurion Canal, which cuts through Gaza and replaces the Suez Canal. It is the technological and financial center of the Middle East..."
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"...this area and this area, the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal. And 40 % of all the world's oil passes through these..."
"...the Ben -Gurion Canal, which cuts through Gaza and replaces the Suez Canal. It is the technological and financial center of the Middle East..."
"...Oman. This is the Strait of Hormuz. And this is the Suez Canal. Okay? The Red Sea, basically. And in 1979, Saudi Arabia and..."
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