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🗓️ 27 June 2025
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Newt talks with Yaakov Katz, former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, about President Trump's decision to deploy B-2 bombers to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, leading to a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Their discussion examines the implications of these bombings on Middle Eastern geopolitics, Israel's military strategy, and the potential for lasting peace. Katz highlights the historic nature of the U.S. and Israeli military actions, the strategic dismantling of Iran's nuclear capabilities, and the broader impact on regional stability. They also talk about the challenges of achieving regime change in Iran, the role of Sunni Arab states, and the future of Gaza post-conflict. Katz emphasizes the need for a new governing entity in Gaza and the importance of deradicalization for lasting peace.
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0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
0:08.6 | On this episode of NUTS World, President Trump's decision to use B2 bunker buster bombs on three key Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend |
0:18.5 | brought a ceasefire of the conflict between Israel and Iran. |
0:23.1 | But will the ceasefire last? And how has the conflict begun to reshape the Middle East? |
0:29.1 | Here to discuss Israel's reaction to the U.S. bombings and the ceasefire agreement, |
0:34.0 | I'm really pleased to welcome back my guest, Yakov Katz. He is the former editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, author of the upcoming book, |
0:42.3 | While Israel Slep, Hal Hamas surprised the most powerful military in the Middle East, |
0:47.3 | which is available for pre-order now. |
0:49.3 | And he is, I think, one of the most insightful and remarkably informed analysts on the entire region. |
1:08.9 | Yacoff, welcome and thank you for joining me again on Nutsworld. |
1:12.8 | It's great to be with you, Mr. Speaker. |
1:15.0 | So let's begin with, from an American perspective, the biggest headline, which is President |
1:20.3 | Trump authorizing B-2 bombers to strike the Iranian nuclear facilities. |
1:25.2 | What was your reaction when you heard the news? |
1:28.8 | Well, I thought that when the president made that decision and those B-2 bombers flew from Missouri |
1:35.2 | all the way to the Middle East and to Iran and dropped those GBU 57 bunker busters |
1:40.9 | over Fordo, the secret enrichment facility that Iran had built into a mountain |
1:47.0 | near the city of Combe, as well as over Natanz, the main enrichment uranium enrichment facility, |
1:52.5 | and then some tomahawk missiles from submarines that were parked off the coast of Iran. |
1:57.5 | To me, it was a historic day because what it showed was finally there's a president |
2:03.6 | who, after so many who have promised over the years not to allow Iran to obtain a nuclear |
2:09.5 | weapon and had consistently and constantly taken that red line, we won't let them enrich |
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