Netanyahu's War Expansion Plan

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing massive backlash — both domestic and international — over his government's decision late last week to take over Gaza City. Thousands marched in Tel Aviv Saturday to protest the decision, while the families of some of the remaining hostages called for a nationwide strike. On Monday, Australia became the latest country to announce plans to recognize a Palestinian state, while French President Emmanuel Macron called the Israeli plan 'a disaster of unprecedented gravity.' Already Palestinian health officials say 61,000 people in Gaza have died since the start of the war. Matthew Chance, chief global affairs correspondent for CNN, joins us from Jerusalem to talk about the latest in the war, the Israeli killing of five Al Jazeera journalists Sunday, and the risks that come with yet another escalation in the conflict. And in headlines: President Donald Trump ordered a federal takeover of Washington D.C.'s police, a federal judge blocked the release of Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell's grand jury transcripts, and AOL said it's ending its dial-up internet service.

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, August 12th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is Wadaday, the show that says,
0:06.8	sorry about our asshole president to the good people of Vietnam who are getting shoved out of their
0:12.3	ancestral lands so that the Trump family can build a golf course. There's good news for those farmers,
0:17.6	though. In return for their homes and land, some of them will receive about $3,200 and some rice.
0:30.8	On today's show, hundreds of National Guard troops
0:33.1	are preparing to deploy to another American city.
0:35.8	And, beep, beep, boop.
0:39.8	AOL dial-up is soon to be extinct.
0:43.4	But let's start with Israel's efforts to expand the war in Gaza.
0:46.9	As we talked about on yesterday's show, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans
0:51.4	for the Israeli military to take over Gaza City. Despite a massive
0:55.3	backlash from pretty much everyone, from Israelis to foreign governments, Netanyahu has doubled
1:00.9	down, saying, quote, dismantling the two remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza City and the central
1:06.2	camps, this is the best way to end the war. It could take weeks or months for the Israeli military to start
1:12.2	enacting its plans, but it's still terrifying news for the families of the hostages remaining in Hamas
1:16.8	control. They include Laché-Moran-Lavi, whose husband, Omri Mouran, was kidnapped on October 7th.
1:23.6	He's still being held by the terrorist organization. Laché spoke to a crowd of thousands at a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
1:30.7	Now the government has decided to expand the world and push deeper into Gaza.
1:37.3	But my husband is still there.
1:41.7	Every invasion, every bullet, everyirst strike could cost him his life. This isn't just a
1:50.9	military decision. It could be a death sentence for the people we love must. The Israeli military
1:58.5	also confirmed that it had killed five journalists for Al Jazeera in a targeted
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