A new (and bolder) approach to Iran? – with Mark Dubowitz

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🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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*** Share episode on X: https://tinyurl.com/bdze4khv *** Mark Dubowitz reports from Tel Aviv after over a month in Israel discussing Israel’s emerging (and bolder) approach to Iran. Mark is the CEO of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD). In his role, he has advised the Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, and he has testified more than twenty times before the U.S. Congress and foreign legislatures. A former venture capitalist and technology executive, Mark holds a master’s degree in international public policy from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. To read Mark’s recent piece in the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/israels-approach-to-iran-may-be-getting-bolder-f4c2c5f2?st=26ve823zvaeilzf&reflink=article_copyURL_share FDD’s Iranian Protest Tracker Map: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/01/27/mapping-the-protests-in-iran-2/ Register for Call me Back Live at the Streicker Center in New York: https://streicker.nyc/events/tibon-senor

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0:00.0	For the first time in a number of years, they were not able to include in their report, their standard line, and the standard line was that Iran is not undertaking any nuclear weapons activities that would provide Iran with the ability to develop
0:18.3	to produce a testable nuclear device.
0:21.3	That line, which has been in multiple DNI reports to Congress as part of their
0:25.8	annual threat assessment, was not there. And instead, what they said is actually Iran is undertaking
0:31.5	activities, nuclear weapons activities, that would allow Iran to develop
0:35.6	and produce a testable nuclear device if Iran so chooses. It is 8 o'clock am on Sunday, August 18th in New York City. It's 3 o'clock PM on Sunday
0:55.6	August 18th in Israel in Tel Aviv where I'm joined today by my guest my
1:00.7	longtime friend Mark Dubuitz who I'll be bringing into the conversation momentarily.
1:05.8	Before we do that, couple of housekeeping notes.
1:09.2	First, if you haven't already, please be sure to register for our live recording of the
1:15.3	comic back podcast in New York City on September 24th, evening of September 24th
1:20.4	at the Stryker Center where I'll be having a conversation with Israeli journalist
1:24.0	Amir Tibun from Haris who has a riveting book coming out actually the day we
1:30.4	record our podcast about his October 7th trauma and just extraordinary story
1:37.6	about being saved in his kibbutz, he and his children and his wife being saved by his father, retired general Tibun and then just a longer look at how Israel got to October 7th and where it is going post October 7th in its relationships with threats
1:56.7	on its borders.
1:57.7	So that's September 24th, we'll have a link to the event in the show notes.
2:02.3	Second housekeeping note, we are strenuously avoiding any
2:07.2	conversation on this podcast the last couple of days about the ongoing hostage negotiations that have been going on the last few days.
2:16.6	We like many of our listeners are learning a lot and seeing a lot, but don't feel comfortable to comment exactly on the minute-to-minute
2:24.9	developments. We will be doing an episode later this week on where the hostage negotiation
2:30.4	stand once we feel that we have a clearer picture of what is going on.
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