Nadav Pollak
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Lecturer at Reichman University on Middle East. Israeli intelligence veteran. Former research fellow at @Washinstitute @ADL. Currently works in Renewables
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Joined June 2014
Very interesting. Now we have leading voices in #Iran calling for "preemptive" strikes against Israel. I have doubts whether the Supreme Leader will actually approve such a strike, but nevertheless, he did make many mistakes in recent years.
#Breaking Iranian Daily: Teran Should Consider Preemptive Strike If Israeli Attack Deemed Imminent. This morning (Sunday), the ultraconservative Iranian daily Vatan-e Emrooz publishes an analysis openly advocating serious preparation for a possible preemptive strike against
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Iran, and specifically Khamenei, probably feels cheated by #Russia. Iran took a significant risk aiding Russia militarily in the war in Ukraine. They got some things in return, but they hoped for a true strategic relationship which Putin didn’t deliver.
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Interesting. An Israeli military reporter with very good sources in the IDF is saying that Khamenei got a cold shoulder from Putin this week not only on the nuclear issue. My guess is that Khamenei probably asked for more advanced weapons system.
חמינאי קיבל השבוע כתף קרה מפוטין לא רק בענייני הגרעין. בכל מקרה העיניים על סין וצפון קוריאה.
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Give me a break. Ben Rhodes always tried to break the U.S.-Israel relationship at all cost, and for what? To be able to get closer with Iran. His recommendations damaged many of US relationships in the region and made the U.S. weaker.
Former Obama advisor Ben Rhodes is right. Given the illegal and immoral war being waged against the Palestinian people by Netanyahu, NO Democrat should accept money from AIPAC -- an organization that also helped deliver the presidency to Donald Trump.
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6. It’s repetitive but I’ll say it again - two things can be true:.1. Netanyahu is to blame for Oct 7 as the leader of Israel during that horrible attack. He needs to resign for that. 2. He will be remembered in history for his decision to attack in Iran.
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5. It’s a tough question but an important one - would Israel’s security been better or worse if the war would have ended in April 2024 without decimating Hezbollah and attacking Iran? .I don’t have a clear answer, but it’s definitely worth a deep thorough discussion.
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4. The hard truth is that for many Israelis (not majority but many) Netanyahu making the right decisions to fight Hezbollah and attack Iran’s nuclear program means that he still needs to be the PM despite Oct 7 (I don’t believe in that and I think he should resign).
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3. Despite my true disdain to Netanyahu and my strong belief that he needs to resign, you need to be honest to admit that he took some decisions that benefited Israel’s security significantly in the last two years.
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I read parts of the piece and I have some thoughts:.1. If it’s a surprise for you that Netanyahu works mostly to achieve his own interests you haven’t been paying attention. Like at all. 2. I said it many times before, Netanyahu needs to resign for Oct 7
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These are very good conditions for an agreement. I find it hard to imagine #Iran will agree to it, which increases the probability of renewed fire exchanges between Israel and Iran. As was reported recently this is being discussed already in Israel.
A U.S. official tells @WSJopinion the U.S. ask from #Iran diplomatically starts "with removing whatever nuclear material and enrichment infrastructure remains, and. hard limits on Iran’s missile program and an end to its support for regional terrorism.".
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The rise in electricity rates is not expected, it’s already here. Residential and commercial consumers are seeing their electricity rates go up by more than 20-30% in some areas. And now with Trump’s new bill it will be harder to protect yourself from these rates with solar.
US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data centre demand booms
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Important story by @BarakRavid, @MarcACaputo & @DavidLawler10 - we might be at an infection point vis-a-vis Trump’s policy in #Ukraine. I really hope this is true. #Russia has no reason to settle until they’ll feel things can turn against them.
President Trump is planning to sell weapons to NATO allies with the understanding that they will then provide them to Ukraine. @MarcACaputo @DavidLawler10 and me write for @axios.
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I think Khamenei is probably having anxieties thinking about Israel’s level of intelligence penetration in #Iran. You can’t do what Israel has done to Iran in 12 days without having unprecedented intelligence access.
Worth reading this letter to Khamenei from Israel's former defense minister in full: "We see everything. We hear everything. We are everywhere. In more ways than one, we knew more about you than you knew about yourselves.".
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Also, they made me separate from my wife and kids for hours because I needed to go and take our dog, and they didn’t even say I can’t check him in only an hour before take off. We’re traveling with two young kids (3.5 and 3 months) and they offered zero help. ZERO.Awful.
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Never ever fly with @airfrance! .Literally after making sure with their representative multiple times that there is no problem with the cage we brought for our dog we now had to buy from them a new one for 400 Euro. What a ripoff .Never fly with them again.
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All packed and ready to go. Send us some good vibes for tomorrow. The Pollaks are moving to another country 😱
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The #Houthis just killed two civilians on a civilian ship, but sure let’s keep pretending everything is normal. Horrible.
REUTERS: TWO DEAD AFTER HOUTHI ATTACK ON LIBERIA-FLAGGED, GREEK-OPERATED ETERNITY C VESSEL OFF YEMEN'S HODEIDAH. FIRST FATALITIES OF SEAFARERS IN RED SEA SINCE JUNE 2024. Bulk carrier was last spotted here almost 3 hours ago.(source:marinetraffic)
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Did he even ask him why Iran has helped AQ leaders to hide in Iran while still planning attacks? .You know, a “small” threat to the US and to American citizens. This interview was a sham and helped the regime whitewash their many crimes.
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I’m not even talking about the years and years of helping and ordering terrorist organizations to attack Israel. Such a blatant lie and the “tough interviewer” didn’t say a word. Ridiculous.
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It’s this kind of thing that makes Tucker Carlson interview ridiculous. Where was the push back on such lies by the Iranian President?.What about Iran massacring the people of Syria? Or helping Hezbollah to block the Lebanese government on many security issues?Or killing Yemenis?.
6️⃣ Iran hasn’t attacked another country in over 200 years. “Death to America” is not about people. It’s about ending crimes, wars, and policies that destabilize the region and destroy lives.
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