Hi, welcome to the Times of Islow's Daily Briefing. It's Tuesday, January 6th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with New York reporter Luke Tress. Luke, how are you?

Hey, I'm good, Jessica. Thanks for having me on. Sure. Hey, Luke. Good to have you. It is day 823 of the war. In one of the headlines

from the morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed a message to Iran, the Russian

president of Vladimir Putin, that Israel is not interested in an escalation with Iran and does not

intend to attack the Islamic Republic.

We'll be looking at some other headlines today, specifically those from New York, the first

days of the mayor mayor, Zoraamam Dhani, which Luke has been covering very closely,

certainly in the last weeks and in the last months as well

of his campaign. We'll talk about what Jewish organizations are, what they're concerned about,

what they're talking about, and what Mamdani himself has been saying in those first couple of days.

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 passingv, the military attache, 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 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 Tehran-bound aircraft. Caviard, fine carpets, a cameo from a sensuous Mossad agent, and cold-blooded

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