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Did Netanyahu Drive Trump Into War? NYT's Ronen Bergman + Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus on What’s Next in Iran
58 minutes Posted Mar 12, 2026 at 1:13 pm.
New Leader Wounded
Israel Aims And Limits
Regime Change Doubts
Israeli Public Mood
Intel Airpower Strategy
Introducing LT. COL. (RET.) Jonathan Conricus
Strait of Hormuz Threat
Stopping Enriched Uranium
War Communications as Force Multiplier
Regime Change Scenarios
Gulf States Defense
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What exactly drove President Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel in joint strikes against Iran? Ronen Bergman joins from Tel Aviv where he is a Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs for Yedioth Ahronoth and staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. He shares his reporting of how Netanyahu moved Trump toward a joint strike, and why he's staying quiet about it for now.
Then, retired Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, former Israeli Defence Forces spokesperson and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, breaks down the major Israeli military objectives and how close Israel is to achieving each one. Plus, what Arab Gulf states are privately telling Israel. 
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Iran’s New Supreme Leader Was Wounded Early in the War, Iranian and Israeli Officials Say - The New York Times 
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