Israels Deputy Foreign Minister- Tzipi Hotovely

Published: May 11, 2018, 2:41 a.m.

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President Donald Trump has blown a superpower sized hole in the international agreement designed to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions. The US has given up on carrot and stick diplomacy with Tehran, in favour of just stick. So what now? The other signatories to the nuclear deal are trying to keep it alive, but ominously in the Middle East, tension is rising; most particularly between Israel and Iran. HARDtalk\\u2019s Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel\\u2019s Deputy Foreign Minister, Tzipi Hotovely - how close are we to a major Middle East conflict?

Image: Tzipi Hotovely, Credit: Getty Images

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