WILL TRUMP DO IT?
WATCH: How Trump and Netanyahu Outfoxed Iran: United With Israel, June 17, 2025 — Bari Weiss and Michael Doran, director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, discuss how the dynamic between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fooled Iran into a false sense of security.
WATCH: Trump: Iran “Complete Give-Up” Better Than Ceasefire: Real Clear Politics, June 16, 2025 — President Donald Trump said Monday that a “complete give-up” by Iran is possible in the short term as Israel kills another group of recently promoted military officials overnight.
Trump Leans Toward Iran Strikes After Huckabee’s Divine Exhortation: JP Staff, Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2025 — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared a text from US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, hinting at immediate US support for Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military sites.
Trump Says ‘It’s Possible’ US Gets Involved In Israel-Iran Conflict: Rachel Scott, ABC News, June 15, 2025 — President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States is not involved in Israel‘s military strikes against Iran, but “it’s possible we could get involved.”
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How IDF Intelligence Outmaneuvered Iran – Explainer: Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2025
Israel Built Its Case for War With Iran on New Intelligence. The U.S. Didn’t Buy It.: Alexander Ward, Lara Seligman and Dustin Volz, WSJ, June 17, 2025
The Next-Generation Version of the ‘Begin Doctrine’: Avi Kalo, Ynet News, June 16, 2025
Opinion | Iran’s Target Isn’t Just Israel. It’s Us.: Mathias Döpfner, Politico, June 16, 2025
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For Further Reference:
Israel Will Achieve Goals in Iran Within a Week or Two, Including in Fordo, IDF Says: Emmanuel Fabian, Times of Israel, June 17, 2025 — The Israeli military estimates it will achieve its objectives against Iran’s nuclear program within a week or two, Israel Defense Forces officials told reporters on Tuesday.
Iran Analyst: Israeli Strikes an Example of Effective ‘Coercive Diplomacy’: Marc Rod, Jewish Insider, June 13, 2025 — Jason Brodsky, the policy director for United Against Nuclear Iran, told Jewish Insider on Friday morning that he sees Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military targets as an effort at coercive diplomacy — in full coordination with the Trump administration — attempting to force Iran into a more restrictive nuclear deal amid its recalcitrance in talks with the U.S.
‘We Might Have to Help Bibi’: Trump’s Flip-Flop Over the Attack on Iran, And the ‘Welcome Bonus’: Ynet News, June 17, 2025 — At the end of May, U.S. intelligence agencies tracking Israel’s military activity and internal political discussions reached a striking conclusion: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was planning an imminent attack on Iran’s nuclear program—with or without U.S. assistance, The New York Times reported late Tuesday night.
Sources Close to Khamenei Warn of Growing Risk He Could Miscalculate: Reuters and TOI staff, Times of Israel, June 18, 2025 — Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure.
The Syria-isation of Iran: Why the Islamic Republic Could Soon Share the Assad Regime’s Fate: Kasra Aarabi, Jewish Chronicle, June 16, 2025 — We are witnessing the “Syria-isation” of the regime in Iran. In the immediate term expect chaos and a domestic clampdown.