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Trump Considers Post-Election Iran Attack · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: We begin with significant reports emerging about potential future actions
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  Speaker 1: against Iran. According to Mariv News Flash, which cites the
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  Speaker 1: Atlantic magazine, President Trump is reportedly considering a large-scale attack
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  Speaker 1: on Iran to occur immediately following the upcoming midterm elections.
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  Speaker 1: The potential targets for such strikes are said to include
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  Speaker 1: Iran's missile and drone systems, its energy infrastructure, and its
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  Speaker 1: nuclear facilities. An advisor involved in these discussions indicated that
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  Speaker 1: Iran is nearing economic collapse due to existing pressures, and
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  Speaker 1: further strikes could potentially push it to a breaking point.
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  Speaker 1: While no final decision has been made, the report notes
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  Speaker 1: Iran's threats surrounding the elections, while Israel is also said
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  Speaker 1: to have contingency plans in place. In parallel efforts to
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  Speaker 1: apply pressure on Tehran, US Central Command, or CENTCOM, has
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  Speaker 1: issued an update after 100 days of a second naval blockade.
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  Speaker 1: Selina Updates reports that CENTCOM stated this blockade has successfully
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  Speaker 1: prevented at least $ 25 billion in Iranian exports. This action
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  Speaker 1: is seen as significantly pressuring the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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  Speaker 1: ability to fund proxy militias, such as the Houthis and Hezbollah.
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  Speaker 1: Turning now to unsettling incidents of hate, a man in
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  Speaker 1: Utah has been charged with possessing pipe bombs and threatening
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  Speaker 1: to blow up a synagogue. The Times of Israel reports
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  Speaker 1: that Skyler A.J. Rose allegedly searched for Jewish sites in
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  Speaker 1: his area and posted hateful messages online, including death to
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  Speaker 1: Israel and Heil Hitler. In a separate incident in Manhattan's
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  Speaker 1: Diamond District, police are investigating a suspected syringe attack on
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  Speaker 1: a 26-year-old Orthodox Jewish man. According to police sources cited
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  Speaker 1: by Jewish News 24, The man reported feeling a needle-like prick,
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  Speaker 1: and authorities are still working to determine if the syringe
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  Speaker 1: contained any dangerous substance. Finally, on the domestic political front
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  Speaker 1: in Israel, Joint List Faction Chairman M.K. Ahmad Tibai has
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  Speaker 1: presented a two-stage plan aimed at preventing Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu from forming a government after the upcoming elections. JPost.com
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  Speaker 1: reports that Tibai's proposal involves supporting an alternative government from
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  Speaker 1: outside the coalition. in exchange for specific commitments addressing the
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  Speaker 1: needs of Arab society. This strategy intends to oust the
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  Speaker 1: current government and prevent Netanyahu from serving as caretaker prime minister,
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  Speaker 1: particularly if neither major political bloc secures the necessary majority.
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  Speaker 1: Tibai emphasised that the joint list would demand concrete actions
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  Speaker 1: on issues affecting Arab citizens, such as plans to combat
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  Speaker 1: crime and violence in Arab communities. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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