In this week’s episode of the New Rules podcast, host Dimitri Simes Jr. speaks with former British diplomat and MI6 agent Alastair Crooke about the risks of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict spiraling into a massive regional war in the Middle East.

“I think that we need to watch very carefully, what happens with Hezbollah in the north. Hezbollah has a huge arsenal of missiles, something like 80,000 cruise missiles and smart drones. They would be a formidable ally [for Hamas]. In fact, it was [former Israeli national security advisor] Giora Eiland who said that if Hezbollah joins this conflict and opens a second front, then this would present an existential threat to the future of Israel.”