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Netanyahu Discusses Eliminating Iran's Regime with Trump · 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: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed Israel's commitment to eliminating the
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  Speaker 1: Iranian regime, stating he has discussed this repeatedly with US
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump, most recently on Sunday. Netanyahu told reporters
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  Speaker 1: that the elimination of Hezbollah and peace with Lebanon will
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  Speaker 1: also come, alongside the fall of the Islamic regime in Iran.
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  Speaker 1: Sources familiar with the matter revealed to the Jerusalem Post
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  Speaker 1: that the Trump administration had been very close to approving
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  Speaker 1: a strike on Iran on at least one recent occasion. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: senior Iranian officials are reportedly prolonging negotiations with the United States,
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  Speaker 1: aiming to politically weaken President Trump ahead of the November
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  Speaker 1: midterm elections. These officials told the Times of Israel that
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  Speaker 1: Tehran expects renewed military action rather than a deal to
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  Speaker 1: end the conflict. In parallel, Officials from Israel and Lebanon
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  Speaker 1: held a meeting at the US Central Command headquarters in
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  Speaker 1: Florida to continue implementing a US-brokered framework agreement focused on
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  Speaker 1: the disarmament of Hezbollah. Separately, the US Secretary of Defense
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  Speaker 1: stated he met with pilots and fighters at US Central
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  Speaker 1: Command who are working to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
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  Speaker 1: Reports also indicate Israel has begun transferring military equipment to
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  Speaker 1: southern Syria for the establishment of a military base. In Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: The IDF and Shin better announced the elimination of Tamer
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  Speaker 1: Mohammed Ibrahim al-Sabah, a Hamas-Nakba operative. According to the joint statement,
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  Speaker 1: al-Sabah infiltrated Israel and participated in the abduction of Shani
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  Speaker 1: Lauk during the October 7 massacre. He was reportedly promoting
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  Speaker 1: terror plans and working to restore Hamas capabilities. A new
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  Speaker 1: study published in October by researchers at Brandeis University found
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  Speaker 1: that American humanities doctoral students are significantly more likely than
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  Speaker 1: other graduate students to hold anti-Jewish prejudice and hostility toward Israel. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu is opposing the detention of Haredi draft dodgers,
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  Speaker 1: calling the arrests a deliberate attempt to harm the process
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  Speaker 1: of drafting Haredim without coercion. This comes as a debate
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  Speaker 1: continues regarding societal fairness, with concerns raised about lone soldiers
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  Speaker 1: risking their lives while tens of thousands of Haredi men
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  Speaker 1: are exempt from service. An analysis projects a record number
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  Speaker 1: of women may be elected to the next Knesset, though
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  Speaker 1: potential gender disparities exist in government formation, particularly within the
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  Speaker 1: Likud party. The Prime Minister has also cast doubt on
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  Speaker 1: recent reports of Jewish attacks on diplomats and journalists, suggesting
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  Speaker 1: coalition calculations ahead of elections are taking precedence. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing
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