Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. Today is Thursday, February 19th, and I'm Jessica

Steinberg. I'm speaking today with diplomatic correspondent, Laser Berman. Hi, Laser. Hi, Jessica.

Good to be here with you. In the studio. Not brand new, but new Jerusalem studio. New Jerusalem studio.

New-ish for me, less new for you.

On to the headlines of the day.

We're hearing reports of the biggest buildup of U.S. air power in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion that launched the Iraq War, alongside the ongoing U.S. negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.

We'll talk about all of that, as well as the extremely brief visit of right-wing commentator,

U.S. right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson in Israel on Wednesday. So stay with us.

This is Israel's story.

He could feel the ticking of the clock.

On their nightly debrief calls, General Segev, the military at Dishay, was sounding increasingly anxious.

Both men knew that with each passing day,

the window of opportunity was closing. The Shah's regime was crumbling, and El Al-L flights were having ever more trouble landing. And then suddenly, Avramkotafonkel from Iran, it was the prince himself,

who said, I'm in a few days leaving the country because there is a revolution here.

So if you want your animals, you have to come now.

This was late November 1978 and the dynasty was teetering.

A woman understood it was now or never.

Mike found himself on a nearly empty

to heronbound aircraft. Caviard, fine carpets, a cameo from a sensuous Mossad agent, and cold-blooded

murder. Frankly, my dear, that's dear. That's dear. Double E.

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Okay. So, Laser, Iran. As I said to you, Iran, Iran, Iran. We just have a lot, the headlines right now in our live blog, everywhere else are all about the dozens of U.S. aircraft carrier, the aircraft and aircraft carriers in the region that indicates in the headlines that you have ran a longer campaign, certainly that could be

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