Netanyahu’s long game in Iran
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🗓️ 24 June 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Today: a view of the war from Israel. Elahe Izadi sits down with Jerusalem Bureau Chief Gerry Shih to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long march to war with Iran.
They walk through why Netanyahu attacked Iran when he did, and what he may have gained politically in the process.
This episode was produced by Rennie Svirnovsky with help from Arjun Singh and edited by Lucy Perkins. It was mixed by Sam Bair.
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| 0:00.0 | On Monday evening, President Donald Trump claimed that Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire. |
| 0:07.7 | He wrote on social media that, within a day, quote, the war will be considered ended. |
| 0:13.5 | But within hours, this ceasefire appeared to be in trouble. |
| 0:18.3 | Both countries accused each other of violating the agreement and of attacking |
| 0:22.6 | each other. |
| 0:27.6 | Then this morning, Trump lashed out at both countries. He told reporters Israel and Iran were both |
| 0:36.6 | violating the agreement, and he warned Israel specifically to stop striking Iran. |
| 0:41.8 | And just a heads up, Trump used profanity. |
| 0:44.0 | We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the fuck they're doing. |
| 0:52.2 | Do you understand that? |
| 0:57.4 | The details of the ceasefire are unknown. |
| 1:00.8 | Both countries have claimed victory, |
| 1:03.0 | and events are still rapidly unfolding. |
| 1:06.1 | So far, this 12-day war has killed more than 600 people in Iran, |
| 1:10.7 | according to the country's health ministry. |
| 1:13.3 | A human rights group that monitors Iran says the death toll is closer to 1,000. |
| 1:19.2 | In Israel, 28 people were killed, according to government officials there. |
| 1:24.3 | But as we all wait to see where this conflict heads next, we're still learning about |
| 1:29.9 | the decisions that got us here, especially the decisions of Israel's leader, Prime Minister |
| 1:35.5 | Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 1:39.8 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post reports. |
| 1:45.5 | I'm Elahe Izadi. |
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