Netanyahu's campaign enters high gear at state ceremonies

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of peace negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, the Iran conflict, and the politicization of state ceremonies in Israel.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Editor David Horovitz joins  host Amanda Borschel-Dan  for today's episode. Lebanese and Israeli representatives are set to meet in Washington, DC, today. It was reported yesterday that Lebanon was hoping to extend the shaky ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel by a month. At the same time, Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar openly considered the notion of peace between the two nations at an Independence Day speech on Wednesday. Horovitz weighs in. Has the Iran conflict become a shipping war? According to reports on Wednesday, the US military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. At the same time, Iranian forces seized two container ships on Wednesday, according to global security monitors and the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Horovitz unravels the stalled negotiations even as the double US and Iranian blockades at the Strait of Hormuz may lead to a military escalation. In the second…

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Borschel-Dan

Guest: David Horovitz

Topics covered

• Israel
• Middle East
• peace negotiations
• Iran conflict
• state ceremonies
• Lebanon
• Hezbollah

Keywords

• Netanyahu
• ceasefire
• US military
• shipping war
• tankers
• military escalation
• politicization
• national days

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hezbollah, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Places: Lebanon, Israel, Washington, DC, Strait of Hormuz

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