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Iran's Economic Crisis and Regional Proxy Threats · 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: Senior Israeli defence officials estimate that economic sanctions are choking
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  Speaker 1: Iran's regime, placing its internal security apparatuses on high alert
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  Speaker 1: for potential civil unrest within months. According to these assessments,
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  Speaker 1: the Iranian street is simmering, and a boiling point, possibly
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  Speaker 1: driven by American leverage, could arrive soon, though public reaction
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  Speaker 1: remains unpredictable. The regime is concurrently pursuing diplomatic and military
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  Speaker 1: manoeuvres to counter its isolation, conveying threats and engaging in
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  Speaker 1: provocative actions across the region. Officials note that Tehran deeply
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  Speaker 1: fears an American or Israeli surprise strike and is preparing
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  Speaker 1: for extreme scenarios. New US sanctions targeting flights from Iran
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  Speaker 1: have led many countries to suspend them, though China has
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  Speaker 1: rejected the sanctions. and others like Turkey have reduced flight volumes.
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  Speaker 1: Pressure on Iraq also secured designated flight corridors, excluding Baghdad. Concurrently,
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  Speaker 1: Tehran works to maintain its regional proxy network, reportedly transferring
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  Speaker 1: approximately $ 200 million to Hezbollah and continuing to provide advice,
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  Speaker 1: training and weapons to the Houthis in Yemen, while preserving
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  Speaker 1: ties with pro-Iranian Shia militias in Iraq. The objective is
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  Speaker 1: to ensure proxy alignment in any future conflict. Threats over
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  Speaker 1: the past week indicate a capacity for ground invasions into
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  Speaker 1: neighbouring countries, a scenario Israel warns could dramatically escalate regional turmoil.
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  Speaker 1: These threats accompany reports of naval mine incidents in the
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz. According to Israeli sources, Iran has resumed
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  Speaker 1: ballistic missile production, though a defence official noted the process
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  Speaker 1: is slow and constrained by knowledge gaps and production limits. Politically,
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  Speaker 1: Tehran attempts to open diplomatic channels to restrict American flexibility.
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  Speaker 1: and prevent further strikes on its territory. In response, Israel
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  Speaker 1: has conveyed messages to the US, Gulf nations and regional mediators,
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  Speaker 1: stressing that any Iranian surprise offensive will trigger an exceptionally
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  Speaker 1: severe military response. Jerusalem clarified that its objectives regarding Iran's
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  Speaker 1: nuclear project, missile array and defence industry infrastructure are not
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  Speaker 1: yet complete, and should Iran initiate an attack, Israel may
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  Speaker 1: act with greater force. Meanwhile, Western leaders, including British Foreign
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  Speaker 1: Secretary Ed Miliband, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and representatives from France, Canada,
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  Speaker 1: Australia and the United States, along with many Arab states,
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  Speaker 1: continue to champion a two-state solution for peace. This advocacy
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  Speaker 1: is often based on pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as
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  Speaker 1: the capital of a Palestinian state. This policy push contrasts
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  Speaker 1: with the sentiment voiced in some protests, where chants like,
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  Speaker 1: From the River to the Sea, are interpreted as negating
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  Speaker 1: any possibility of a two-state solution and as the ultimate
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  Speaker 1: goal of groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. The article
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  Speaker 1: notes that Palestinian children are taught from an early age
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  Speaker 1: that Israel is occupying Arab land and that the enemy
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  Speaker 1: must be eradicated, which undermines any stated commitment to peaceful
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  Speaker 1: coexistence or a two-state solution. In Israeli domestic politics, Yannon Magal,
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  Speaker 1: host of Channel 14's programme The Patriots, made controversial remarks
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday evening. Magal called Yashar Party chairman and former
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  Speaker 1: IDF chief of staff Gardi Isancott a monkey, alleging that
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  Speaker 1: elitist Ashkenazim were controlling him behind the scenes. He also
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  Speaker 1: singled out Isancott's campaign manager. Magal's comments prompted a sharp
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  Speaker 1: response from Isancott, who condemned the remarks as low and
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  Speaker 1: suggested that Magal was acting on behalf of someone else.
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  Speaker 1: Isancott pledged to bring political change to the country and
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  Speaker 1: remove what he termed Magalism. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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