Will Iran attack Israel today? Why the threat is even worse than it appears
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 6 August 2024
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Summary
Western diplomats expect Iran’s response to the Israeli-attributed assassination of Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh to come within the next day or so. Israel is hemorrhaging international support because of the enormous death toll and destruction in Gaza. They face heightened scrutiny for their West Bank occupation and conduct in the war. Praying for peace in Israel and the Middle East has never been more urgent than it is today.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. It's Tuesday, August 6th, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison |
| 0:09.3 | Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. Tropical Storm Debbie is posing what |
| 0:17.0 | Axios calls a nightmare scenario for flooding across Georgia and South Carolina this week. |
| 0:23.1 | Some 7,000 miles to our east, another nightmare scenario is unfolding for Israel. |
| 0:28.8 | According to the Israeli news outlet, Hurits, |
| 0:31.9 | Western diplomats expect Iran's response to the Israeli-attributed assassination of Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Hania to come within the next day or so. |
| 0:42.8 | In related news, Iran sent a notice alerting pilots about GPS jamming in its airspace, |
| 0:48.4 | similar to the warning it issued before the April 13th attack on Israel. |
| 0:52.7 | Luft Hansa canceled all flights to Israel until August the 12th. |
| 0:56.5 | President Biden convened a national security meeting yesterday to discuss these developments. |
| 1:02.0 | He also spoke with Jordan's King Abdullah. |
| 1:04.7 | Several countries have urged their nationals to leave Lebanon amid fears of a wider conflict in the region. |
| 1:12.8 | Many Israelis displaced by Hezbollah bombing in the north are pressuring their government to make that part of the country safe, |
| 1:17.5 | even if it means full-blown war. However, things are even worse for Israel than they may appear. |
| 1:23.1 | Writing in Foreign Affairs, international relations expert Dahlia Dasakeh reports that on a recent trip to Israel, |
| 1:30.4 | she found a fundamental change in the quote-unquote spirit of the Middle East. |
| 1:35.8 | Many Israelis now believe that their adversaries think destroying their country is actually a realistic goal. |
| 1:42.5 | The October 7th invasion shattered Israeli's assumption that their |
| 1:45.9 | military and technological superiority could deter their enemies and that they could live securely |
| 1:51.7 | behind walls and fortified borders. Now, analysts express a sense of existential dread. They |
| 1:57.8 | describe as different from any they have felt since the country's |
| 2:01.1 | independence in 1948. Israel is hemorrhaging international support because of the enormous |
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