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US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
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With the lack of progress in the negotiations between the United States and Iran, US intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if US President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month war, according to a Reuters report. Magid weighs in on any potential schism within the Trump administration as Iran’s newest proposal appears to shelve the issue of a nuclear program — the very reason the war was launched.
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Amid a growing diplomatic incident, Israel said Tuesday it had yet to receive evidence that a shipment of Russian grain had been “stolen” from occupied Ukrainian territory, while Kyiv said it was preparing sanctions against those involved in the transaction. Magid unravels this tangled issue, which played out live on social media.
A slate backed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party won most races in the weekend’s Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza Strip run by Hamas, the terror group that violently ousted Fatah from Gaza in 2007. We hear why this vote was significant — and why it was not.
Last week, Wendy Sherman, who served as deputy secretary of state for much of former US president Joe Biden’s administration, accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of responsibility for the perpetration of a genocide in Gaza. Magid explains how this opinion is being heard more as the Democratic Party looks ahead to the next election.
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For further reading:
US intel agencies examining how Iran would react if Trump declares victory in war
Trump reportedly unhappy with Iran’s proposal to reopen Hormuz but shelve nuclear issue
Israel says no proof Russian grain shipment ‘stolen,’ as Ukraine threatens sanctions
Smotrich confirms Finance Ministry hasn’t transferred any tax revenues to PA for past year
PA leader Abbas’s loyalists win local elections, including in Gaza’s Deir al‑Balah
Biden’s deputy secretary of state: Netanyahu helped ‘create a genocide in Gaza’
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