Netanyahu Leaves Israel Early to Meet Trump on Iran Deal; Tues Feb. 10, 2026

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Israel wants three things in any Iran deal: no enrichment, no missiles, and no funding for proxies.

Binyamin Moalem comes on to talk through the latest Israel-U.S.-Iran triangle. The pace is urgent from the start, and the host keeps pressing on what happens next. The conversation begins with the protests in Iran at the beginning of January and the internet blackout that followed. Moalem says the blackout made it harder for information to get out. He also cites reports that as many as 30,000 people may have been killed in a two-day period after the internet went dark. The episode treats that figure as something people are hearing and trying to sort through, not as settled public record. From there, the focus moves to the prime minister's upcoming trip to D.C. The show frames the trip as unusually important because he asked to come earlier than planned and got a meeting with the president this week instead of next week. Moalem says the relationship between the two governments has generally gone well for Israel, even when public reports suggest friction. He argues that some reports about tension may have been leaked to mislead Iran and others about daylight between the sides. That gives the segment a sharper edge. It suggests that appearances may be part of the strategy. The discussion then turns to what Israel is worried about in the talks. Moalem says Israel may be nervous about what concessions the United States could make. He also says the prime minister wants to bring unfiltered intelligence to the president without middlemen shaping it first. The episode keeps circling the same unresolved point: there is still more unknown than known. That uncertainty is part of the story. The host asks for clarification and keeps pushing the practical question. What does the meeting in D.C. actually deal with? Moalem answers by stepping back to the history of coordination between Israel and the United States on Iran. He points to the prime minister's 2018 General Assembly presentation as a watershed moment. In his telling, that was when many Americans finally saw the scale of Iran's nuclear work more clearly. The episode also references later reporting that Iran had not been coordinating with the international nuclear agency. That older context is used to explain why the current talks feel so loaded. The final stretch turns to military action and retaliation. Moalem says that after the U.S. bombed nuclear facilities in Fordow over the summer, Iran fired missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar. He describes those missiles as more for show than for damage. He says the U.S. knew they were coming, the missiles were shot down, and nobody was hurt. The segment ends with the same basic tension it began with. Everyone is trying to figure out how much is theater, how much is real leverage, and what comes next.

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A focused Iran update that ties protests, Washington diplomacy, and the stakes around the prime minister's trip to D.C.

The discussion stays centered on Iran, Washington, and Israel, and it makes plain why the prime minister's trip to D.C. matters now. It moves through the January protests in Iran, the internet blackout that followed, the talk of U.S.-Israel coordination, and the worry over what…

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