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ToI founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.

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Following nighttime Iranian cluster warhead fire that killed four, Horovitz discusses the complex challenge of intercepting pieces of warheads that can fall in multiple locations. He also details the specifics of safeguarding Ben Gurion International Airport, which is now reducing the number of people allowed on each outgoing flight due to the security situation.

As the war nears the end of its third week, Horovitz examines the attritional nature of the missile attacks, as Iran and Hezbollah keep up frequent strikes.

He also talks about what he regards as the existential threat posed by the Islamic Republic, as well as whether the Iranian people will rise against the regime if and when the US and Israel signal that the time is ripe to do so.

Horovitz looks at the divergence in messaging from US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even as they and their militaries maintain close alignment, and whether this war will end with Iran retaining its enriched uranium stockpile and able to advance its rogue nuclear program.

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