2025-06-14
23 分钟These days, there is a lot of news.
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Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a story and provide the context,
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This podcast was recorded at 1236 PM Eastern time on Friday, June 13th, 2025.
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Okay, here's the show.
Last night,
Israel launched strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities killing at least three of Iran's top military leaders.
These attacks came days before international talks to address Iran's nuclear program were planned for Sunday.
Greg, let's start with the basics.
Why did Israel launch these strikes and why now?
Yeah, this is something Israel has been talking about forever.
When I was based in Israel in the early 2000s, they were talking about this.