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Daily Briefing July 8 – Is the US-Iran ceasefire over?
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Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
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Almost three weeks into the 60-day period in which the US and Iran are tasked with negotiating a final deal to end the war, the US military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and the administration revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Can this further pressure on an already fragile ceasefire spiral both sides back into war?
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would “certainly consider” selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, as he sat alongside his “good friend” Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara. We hear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s caustic response.
The Knesset voted 59-0 on Monday to pass, in the first of three readings, controversial legislation establishing a politically appointed probe into the failures surrounding Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre. The legislation would give the government that was in power when the attacks took place the authority to unilaterally appoint the body investigating its own conduct. This is only one of several controversial pieces of legislation being pushed through in a last-minute drive from the current coalition. Horovitz weighs in.
Ahead of the Knesset’s expected dissolution next week and general elections in October, Yoaz Hendel’s Reservists party announced Tuesday it would join forces with former Blue and White MK Chili Tropper. We learn how this move — as well as a newly announced party from longtime Likud MK Yuli Edelstein — could shift coalition building blocks.
And finally, we hear Horovitz’s commentary on last night’s nail-biting World Cup match between Egypt and Argentina.
Check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
US strikes Iran, revokes oil sanctions waiver after attacks on tankers in Hormuz
Sitting alongside ‘friend’ Erdogan, Trump says he’ll ‘certainly consider’ F-35 sale to Turkey
Knesset advances controversial bill for politically appointed Oct. 7 probe in 1st reading
Yoaz Hendel’s Reservists teams up with ex-minister Chili Tropper ahead of election
Messi leads Argentina in stunning late 3-2 comeback to oust Egypt from World Cup
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