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IRAN WARNING Israel weighs Trump's 'easy or hard way' message · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: There's going to be a very intense investigation. Right now,
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  Speaker 1: nobody honestly knows was he tied to a foreign entity
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  Speaker 1: or did he act on his own? The thing is,
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  Speaker 1: he acted. It was a terrorist act. He tried to
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  Speaker 1: kill everybody on that plane.
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  Speaker 2: That investigation of the co-pilot who tried hijacking that fly
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  Speaker 2: Dubai flight and then crashing it. That continues into today.
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  Speaker 2: Questions now on how he's even cleared for being in
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  Speaker 2: the cockpit in the first place. Israeli President Isaac Herzog
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  Speaker 2: will join us live in a few moments. But first,
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  Speaker 2: I want to get to the reporting on the story
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  Speaker 2: of what we have with the latest from Trey Yanks.
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  Speaker 2: He is live in Tel Aviv. Trey, hello.
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  Speaker 1: Hello.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Bill, good morning.
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  Speaker 3: The investigation into the co-pilot of that fly Dubai flight
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  Speaker 3: is ramping up. Prosecutors in the UAE confirmed this was
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  Speaker 3: an attempted terror attack and reports indicate they may seek
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  Speaker 3: the death penalty. The AP named Hamam Al-Khamami as the suspect.
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  Speaker 3: Al-Khamami reportedly used an axe in the attack that may
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  Speaker 3: have already been in the cockpit. The Omani national had
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  Speaker 3: been banned from flying in Oman due to extremist views.
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  Speaker 1: U.S.
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  Speaker 3: Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the heroic actions of
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  Speaker 3: Israeli passengers a miracle and indicated that intense investigation will
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  Speaker 3: take place. Questions do remain about the vetting process that
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  Speaker 3: allowed him to be hired by Fly Dubai and co-pilot
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  Speaker 3: a flight to Israel, especially given the fact that the
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  Speaker 3: Israelis had a flight manifest before the plane took off. Currently,
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  Speaker 3: Australian investigators are also looking into ties he had to
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  Speaker 3: their country, where he attended university. Intelligence services there were
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  Speaker 3: aware of the suspect after he visited certain mosques and
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  Speaker 3: multiple extremist websites. At this point, no additional links have
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  Speaker 3: been disclosed to foreign governments, including Iran, despite President Trump
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  Speaker 3: discussing possible ties. Here in Israel, the captain of the flight,
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  Speaker 3: who avoided disaster, helping to save the lives of more
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  Speaker 3: than 170 people, is being hailed as a hero.
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  Speaker 4: I want to have Captain Smith and Prime Minister Modi,
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  Speaker 4: our great friends, I really would like them to bear
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  Speaker 4: a celebratory flame. It's our highest honor that we give
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  Speaker 4: in our Independence Day. It's usually reserved for Israeli citizens,
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  Speaker 4: but I think here in this case, all the citizens
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  Speaker 4: of Israel will embrace you.
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  Speaker 3: The latest information that we have, this co-pilot may have
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  Speaker 3: been trying to take control of the airliner and then
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  Speaker 3: crash it into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport to cause
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  Speaker 3: a mass casualty event.
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  Speaker 1: Bill?
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  Speaker 2: All right, Trey Yanks, thank you. In Tel Aviv, more
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  Speaker 2: to come on that.
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  Speaker 1: Dana?
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  Speaker 5: And let's bring in Isaac Herzog. He's the president of Israel,
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  Speaker 5: and it's an honor to have you here. We have
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  Speaker 5: much to get to. I want to start with this flight.
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  Speaker 5: And I just read in the Times of Israel this
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  Speaker 5: morning that Israel was unaware that the stabber, had reportedly
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  Speaker 5: been barred from flying by his former employer, Oman Air,
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  Speaker 5: over concerns about his radicalization. Will we be able to
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  Speaker 5: get more of the clarification and more information about this soon?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, this is a very intense investigation also in Israel.
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  Speaker 6: Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that our national security advisor, Shmuel Beneza,
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  Speaker 6: and his team We'll review this and investigate it in
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  Speaker 6: depth in order to see where the gaps were and
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  Speaker 6: what faults there were. Of course, we cooperate with all
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  Speaker 6: the relevant agencies of our neighbors and the Emiratis as well.
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  Speaker 6: So more and more information is coming out, and it's
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  Speaker 6: a clear example of how we need to tighten the
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  Speaker 6: cooperation when it comes to all issues, especially aviation. Let's
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  Speaker 6: just put it in perspective. We're seeing a clear... evidence
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  Speaker 6: of a terror attack, a terror attack which could have
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  Speaker 6: changed the world, literally and definitely the region. That means,
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  Speaker 6: of course, that above the miracles that were there, there's
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  Speaker 6: also the need to repair and be better next time.
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  Speaker 5: Moving on to the conflict in the region with Iran,
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  Speaker 5: President Trump was asked about his decision that is there
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  Speaker 5: for him. He's left the door wide open and all
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  Speaker 5: the options are on the table. Here's what he said
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  Speaker 5: on Saturday.
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  Speaker 6: We have decisions now make about Iran.
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  Speaker 4: Iran's been decimated.
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  Speaker 2: So the only question is, it'll either be the easy
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  Speaker 2: way or the hard way.
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  Speaker 6: And we'll have it the easy.
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  Speaker 4: Way or the hard way.
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  Speaker 5: How do you assess the situation in the Gulf right now?
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  Speaker 6: So President Trump spoke very openly and frankly, and I
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  Speaker 6: think his analysis is exactly true, meaning there are really
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  Speaker 6: two choices here. But one thing that President Trump repeats
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  Speaker 6: all the time correctly is that we are dealing with
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  Speaker 6: an empire of evil. which wants to really radicalize the world,
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  Speaker 6: conquer the free world, get all the way to Europe
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  Speaker 6: and the United States. That's the jihadist regime philosophy. That's
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  Speaker 6: what Tehran is doing. And that is why they must
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  Speaker 6: not have any access to nuclear capabilities at all. That's
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  Speaker 6: the debate. That's the issue. And you know what? The
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  Speaker 6: entire region feels the same. Sometimes they say it outspoken,
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  Speaker 6: sometimes not. But let's understand, underneath the surface, there's a
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  Speaker 6: whole effort to cooperate together and prevent... this empire of proxies,
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  Speaker 6: from tilting the balance. The next issue is Yemen. Look
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  Speaker 6: at it. A small tribe is blocking a main artery
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  Speaker 6: of world trade, Bab el-Mandab. It costs each and every American.
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  Speaker 6: And that's the issue at stake, meaning are we going
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  Speaker 6: to cave in to terror, harassment, blackmail, or not? And
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  Speaker 6: that is why the war with Iran is so essential.
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  Speaker 5: And I just want to give you one second to...
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  Speaker 5: Not one. Just a few seconds to... talk about the
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  Speaker 5: third anniversary of the October 7th attacks. That is happening
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  Speaker 5: this Wednesday. But there are ceremonies happening all week. And
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  Speaker 5: here you are lowering the flag of the state of
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  Speaker 5: Israel to half-mast at the president's residence in Jerusalem. What
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  Speaker 5: would you like your country to know as you mark
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  Speaker 5: this third anniversary?
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  Speaker 6: Well, I'd like the world to know because today we
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  Speaker 6: are marking what you call the Hebrew calendar day. three
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  Speaker 6: years to that horrific massacre. And in two days' time,
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  Speaker 6: we'll mark three years to October 7th. It's all the same.
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  Speaker 6: So we have a whole week of ceremonies, huge agony,
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  Speaker 6: pain and sorrow, reminiscing and memory, but also a learning
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  Speaker 6: lesson to all of us. We must fight terror together.
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  Speaker 6: You know, Dana, I spoke in a joint session of
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  Speaker 6: Congress in July 23, three months before that horrific day,
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  Speaker 6: And I said to Congress, and I said to both
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  Speaker 6: sides of the aisle, that terror is what undermines the
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  Speaker 6: future of peace in the region. That's the truth. We
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  Speaker 6: want peace. We want peace with our neighbors. We did
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  Speaker 6: not seek that war. It was waged upon us by horrific,
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  Speaker 6: barbaric terrorists who raped, butchered, abducted, and killed our citizens.
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  Speaker 6: And with our inherent right for self-defense, we went out
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  Speaker 6: to fight. And we changed the route of the Middle
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  Speaker 6: East with our heroic fighters. And all the rest is
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  Speaker 6: bashing and attacking around us all over the place, blaming
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  Speaker 6: Israel for all the faults. But the truth of the
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  Speaker 6: matter is that Israel is protecting the West and the
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  Speaker 6: free world by its activities.
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  Speaker 5: Isaac Herzog, the president of Israel, thank you for joining
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  Speaker 5: us today. And we send our condolences still for October 7th.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.