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Iran Threatens Nuclear Weapons, Targets Energy Infrastructure · 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: Iran is threatening severe retaliation in response to a renewed
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  Speaker 1: US and Israeli air campaign. According to the Wall Street Journal,
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  Speaker 1: Tehran has warned it would strike an expanded list of targets,
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  Speaker 1: including civilian infrastructure, natural energy infrastructure and airports in the
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  Speaker 1: Persian Gulf region. The warnings, issued both publicly and via
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic channels, also included threats to utilise nuclear weapons. Mohamed
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  Speaker 1: Saleh Jokhar, the head of the Iranian Parliament's International Affairs Committee,
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  Speaker 1: was quoted by Iran International as asking authorities to permit
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  Speaker 1: the use of nuclear deterrent weapons if the US attacks Iran,
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  Speaker 1: and to suspend cooperation with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. He
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  Speaker 1: also stated that countries hosting the US would face a
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  Speaker 1: harsh response. Analysts estimate Iran possesses hundreds of thousands of
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  Speaker 1: ballistic missiles and drones. and despite significant degradation of its
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  Speaker 1: capabilities in recent operations. The sentiment in Tehran is that
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  Speaker 1: deterrence requires imposing immediate, substantial costs on adversaries, as noted
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  Speaker 1: by Sina Tusi, an Iran expert at the Centre for
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  Speaker 1: International Policy. Iranian Foreign Minister, Arbas Arachi, similarly warned in
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  Speaker 1: the Financial Times that new attacks would put civilian lives
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  Speaker 1: and the global economy at great risk. Meanwhile, an analysis
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  Speaker 1: in the J-Post highlights the enduring objective of the Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: national movement, which for 78 years has sought the elimination
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  Speaker 1: of Israel. The article details a history including the rejection
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  Speaker 1: of the 1947 UN partition plan, the launch of the
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  Speaker 1: 1948 war, and subsequent actions by Palestinian organisations that rejected
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  Speaker 1: Jewish sovereignty and aimed to end the Zionist state. It
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  Speaker 1: also points to educational programmes that instil a belief in
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  Speaker 1: martyrdom and the idea that the land belongs solely to Palestinians,
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  Speaker 1: making future negotiation acceptance unlikely. In Israeli domestic politics, AL
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  Speaker 1: Monitor reports on the profound impact of the October 7th attack,
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  Speaker 1: particularly on the country's leftist heritage and peace advocacy. Residents
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  Speaker 1: of Kibbutzim, once bastions of the left, now find themselves
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  Speaker 1: on the front lines. Dani Rahamim, a resident of Nahal Oz,
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  Speaker 1: explained how people's views have changed. stating they no longer
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  Speaker 1: believe things can get better with their neighbours, even if
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  Speaker 1: they haven't necessarily turned right-wing. The peace camp has significantly
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  Speaker 1: diminished in Israeli politics, with upcoming election campaigns focusing on
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  Speaker 1: security and preventing a Palestinian state. Nama Zadokrahamim, a resident
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  Speaker 1: of Nahal, Oz, expressed a desire for leaders who will
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  Speaker 1: ensure such an attack never happens again, and noted difficulty
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  Speaker 1: in separating Hamas from the general Palestinian population. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today Ongoing
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