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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Iran and Israel exchange missiles as the Iran War passes its 100th day.

And Donald Trump leans on Israel to cease and assist.

Are Israel and the U.S. heading in different directions on Iran.

Plus, harassment and threats of violence against judges grow in this era of polarized politics.

How bad is the problem and what can be done about it?

Welcome to Potomac Watch.

I'm Paul's you go with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages on our daily podcast. And I'm here with first Elliot Kaufman

and then followed by Colin Levy. Welcome to you, Elliot, starting first. Let's start today with

the weekend missile launches, started by Iran against Israel. In return, it said, for bombing Hezbollah

targets in Lebanon, Hezbollah being the Iranian proxy, Trump says

he urged Israel not to attack in response, but Israel went ahead and did it. So how big is the

divide between Netanyahu and Trump and what's behind this? And let's listen for both sides,

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