In its annual threat report, the United States’ intelligence community has concluded that Hamas cannot be destroyed.

The group’s elimination is a core aim of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s merciless onslaught in Gaza.

So why is the US continuing to arm Israel, to fight a war it doesn’t believe can be won?

Presenter: James Bays

Guests:

Glenn Carle – Served for more than 20 years in the clandestine services of the CIA and is now a US national security and foreign policy specialist

Yossi Mekelberg – Associate fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the UK think-tank Chatham House

Tamer Qarmout – Assistant professor of public policy at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and a specialist in conflict resolution and international aid