As June turns to July, what happens next?
From the escalating war of words between Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and U.S. President Donald Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial corruption trial delay for national security reasons, the Middle East is rickety.
JNS CEO and Jerusalem bureau chief Alex Traiman, and JNS Middle East correspondent Josh Hasten analyze the global and domestic ripple effects of the conflict. They discuss whether Iran’s nuclear program has truly been obliterated, why the U.S. blocked a full regime takedown and how Israel is planning for the possibility that the fight isn’t over.
The episode explores Iran’s growing internal crackdown, including disturbing reports of arrests and interrogations of Jews in Iran who are suspected of links to Israel. It delves into Trump’s public defense of Netanyahu amid what many are calling a politicized legal circus, arguing that the ongoing trial is undermining national security at a critical time. The hosts expose the flood of misinformation and state propaganda coming from Iran during the war, as well as take aim at Haaretz for promoting blood libels against the Israel Defense Forces.
Shifting to the Gaza Strip, the discussion addresses the stalled hostage negotiations, a potential U.S.-brokered ceasefire and Israel’s military calculations now that 75% of the territory is under IDF control. They evaluate what post-Hamas governance might look like, with regional players like the Emiratis, Egyptians and Saudis potentially stepping in.
Finally, they turn to Hezbollah’s silence during the Iran strikes, Israel’s precision assassinations of senior operatives in Southern Lebanon and the possibility of renewed conflict if ceasefire conditions are violated.
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