PRESSTV — broadcast 20260806 193000 UTC 462 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:09] satisfied with the actions of [00:00:16] try to understand, it's the choice of [00:00:30] the Middle East. A Israeli security official tells [00:00:33] us tonight that President Trump's conduct is [00:00:35] damaging and eroding operational ties. For the [00:00:39] second time in a week, the United States updates Israel about [00:00:42] a planned attack that could shake the Middle East. It [00:00:46] was cancelled at the last minute without explanation: thousands [00:00:49] of officials in the IDF and the security establishment were caught [00:00:53] off guard by the regional escalation. Preparations had [00:00:56] been underway for weeks. Despite this, President Trump announced the [00:01:11] night, he didn't just lose a [00:01:30] you know for the second or third time, it [00:01:33] seems that the the hesitation coming from [00:01:37] Trump is not just you know lowering the escalation [00:01:41] or just cooling down the situation in the in the [00:01:44] region, but what's the ability of [00:01:48] America to go into another war with Iran it [00:01:53] soon a seems you know unfair or it's not it's not going well [00:01:57] with the with the Americans because they are not being [00:02:00] incapable to go or to launch a full scale war [00:02:03] with Iran because then they will be bear the [00:02:06] consequences is recalculating his as [00:02:10] as the revolutionary guard of Iran warned [00:02:14] him and warned the all the countries in the Gulf [00:02:17] region and this time included Israel you [00:02:21] know because for the last two [00:02:24] conflicts Israel was not [00:02:27] many many points out of attacked but this time the revolutionary guard made it very clear that uh [00:02:30] "Israel will not be away from [00:02:33] this coming attack if it's going to take place [00:02:36] in the near future as a retiliation or answer [00:02:40] to the Americans for [00:02:42] their attack on Iran, but how do you see the fact that Trump did not go ahead and [00:02:46] escalated uh despite the recent meeting he had with [00:02:51] know of Netanyahu? he cannot, [00:02:53] evaluation of because he is now [00:02:55] suffering very bad situation from very bad situation." [00:03:00] to the american army in the region, he [00:03:03] is short in you know interceptors, short [00:03:07] in you know ammunitions and also [00:03:10] not enough infantry groups to [00:03:14] go or to invade Iran as they want as Netanyahu [00:03:18] wants him to do so, so [00:03:21] the support from 80% of America is not is not being [00:03:24] able and this it's not able or they cannot [00:03:27] invade or go a large let's say [00:03:31] conflict with the with the Iranians, because the [00:03:34] Iranian made it very clear that the attack [00:03:38] will be very severe on the [00:03:40] dollar to face the situation of gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia, this time it's [00:03:43] going to be heavy on Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and [00:03:46] Kuwait also as well as Jordan [00:03:50] and [00:03:53] despite the white spread zionist criticism on of Trump over [00:03:56] his retreat from escalating against Iran, some... [00:04:09] failed in the silence [00:04:23] letting the settlers move [00:04:30] as low as possible, and between these two he maneuvers. Now [00:04:34] we must remember that for us Israelis, with the most cynical [00:04:38] view possible, the current situation is good for us. It [00:04:41] is good for the simple reason, remember the justified sorrow here, that [00:04:45] for a moment it seemed that Trump had made a very bad [00:04:49] deal with Iran and now they The money is not flowing, they didn't get [00:04:53] a single dollar for the oil that left, because no one wants [00:04:57] to do business with a country that can be stopped at any moment, [00:05:00] especially with someone like Trump, and therefore I think that this [00:05:04] game of Trump has much more logic than it seems, he is [00:05:07] playing for time until the midterm elections, to everyone's surprise, I [00:05:11] know it sounds strange and doesn't match the polls outside, the polls [00:05:15] he received regarding the midterms are more optimistic, I don't know if [00:05:19] that's true or not, but... It's good because he says let's keep things [00:05:22] this way and in the background we must remember that with each passing [00:05:26] day, Iran's economic situation is [00:05:26] deteriorating. [00:05:32] see this trump is he relying online [00:05:36] what are his chances zero cannot do [00:05:40] so because as we know that Iran being under sanctions [00:05:43] for 49 years and been selling [00:05:46] oil for $15 a barrel for China [00:05:49] as a consequences to [00:05:51] these you know sanctions were put on [00:05:55] Iran because it was selling let's say for China in the [00:05:58] black market in one way or another so Iran is [00:06:02] adopted to this kind of economy pressure economy [00:06:06] fory buil nearly 50 years and they [00:06:10] have survived and they have built their... economy up on [00:06:13] these reasons, so [00:06:16] that's why the you know putting an you know [00:06:20] economical pressure on Iran is [00:06:23] is just as it's already there, it's been there [00:06:26] and they have experienced that, they have suffered the sanctions [00:06:30] for many many decades let's say and I think that's [00:06:34] the effect on economic [00:06:38] the economy of Iran is will be will be [00:06:41] nil. so I don't think this this is going to [00:06:45] work for for Trump and Trump must look at [00:06:49] his own economical situation [00:06:52] because America is suffering so much from [00:06:55] thats and let's say governmental and [00:06:59] individual death for for the American people and we might [00:07:03] see soon very [00:07:05] crash and America will experience such a crash like [00:07:09] the one that experienced in 1929 and [00:07:12] 2008 so a country with [00:07:15] 50 million homeless lost their [00:07:18] houses due to this economical [00:07:21] problem so Trump must look at his own country [00:07:24] before just doing so over the other countries yeah true but um [00:07:28] how about the midterm elections how much Trump [00:07:31] is taking into consideration about this election in his approach he [00:07:35] is he has lost [00:07:39] the previous election [00:07:42] she's you know uh came him to bring brought him [00:07:46] to to the white house and i think that he is going to [00:07:49] lose the majority in both senates and the you know the [00:07:53] MPs and i think that's trump will [00:07:57] lose the overhand of the [00:08:00] control of the whole you [00:08:03] the situation in the white house also because if [00:08:07] he cannot you know get the support uh from the [00:08:10] senates then his his hands will be [00:08:14] cuffled and cannot go go ahead and do [00:08:18] whatever he wants to do and then that Trump will be stopped [00:08:22] by its own you know institutional in [00:08:25] both in both economic and political [00:08:29] crisis of course because because now we we know [00:08:32] that's the despite that the [00:08:35] media the dollar - it's the baddest [00:08:39] shape for for decades so uh he [00:08:42] is you now struggling and [00:08:46] making a tremendous effort just to [00:08:49] save the the face of the [00:08:53] the dollar over the other you know as you said they [00:08:56] better worry about themselves before of course turning [00:09:00] to the situation in the gaza strip where calls are being made [00:09:03] intensify the policy of assassination with the [00:09:07] aim of bringing the [00:09:08] resistance [00:09:18] I sat here in the studio and in other studios and I [00:09:21] didn't believe that they would release all the hostages, I didn't [00:09:25] believe it and I was very firm in my opinion that they [00:09:28] would never release all the hostages, you knew them and I say [00:09:32] today I don't want to be firm, I think what they are [00:09:35] doing in Gaza is excellent, these targeted assassinations [00:09:39] are a knife in the heart of Hamas, [00:09:43] assassinate them every day. And slowly make them despair, [00:09:46] bring them to despair, and they are doing it, in [00:09:49] my opinion, I think we are doing a good job there and [00:09:52] in Lebanon, it's with me, it requires a lot of patience, [00:09:55] to truly believe that we will eventually [00:09:59] reach where [00:09:59] we are aiming. [00:10:03] is the scene expecting increase of the [00:10:06] temponation? [00:10:12] are saying that they want to let's say [00:10:16] control the whole control of over Gaza and [00:10:19] eliminate the existence of Hamas and [00:10:23] wiping the Hamas. [00:10:25] let's say brigades or fighters from the [00:10:29] scene and i think this is nothing but [00:10:32] illusions because for three years with all [00:10:35] the massicers that they have done [00:10:39] against the civilians and killing 20000 [00:10:42] children and 75000 [00:10:46] civilians in gaza and so far they [00:10:49] couldn't do the job so i think to to be [00:10:53] able to do the job the have to to to go and use [00:10:57] other tools, maybe the mask [00:10:59] massics are you know killing every person in [00:11:03] gaza in to [00:11:06] enable them to take over the uh the uh you know [00:11:10] the strip so I don't think this will work and we [00:11:13] might see another you know round of fighting [00:11:17] between the the palestinian resistance in [00:11:20] Gaza and the the [00:11:22] enemies but the Israel and goal in gaza and [00:11:26] go wants to take over all gazah to displace the Gaza's [00:11:30] people and to to take over the Gaza strip [00:11:33] and to do so they must because [00:11:37] they guess you know Gazian people did [00:11:40] not agree to to leave the the [00:11:44] Gaza and despite all [00:11:47] those you know ways of bribing the gens people to give [00:11:51] them another choice to to leave the the the'. [00:12:03] Europe or give giving them the chances to to immigrate [00:12:07] to other countries, so far they are refusing and they have [00:12:11] they left Israel with no choice but to go into another [00:12:14] war to be able to do so, if they don't if they [00:12:18] don't do that then they palestinian you [00:12:21] know resistance in Gaza will remain there and everything. [00:12:55] We are exposing tonight that the Shin Bet, in a rather [00:12:59] unusual move, is sending a series of delegations [00:13:02] abroad to visit countries where Russia and Iran [00:13:05] tried to influence their elections. The Shin Bet wants to learn what [00:13:09] those countries did, how to deal with these threats, and [00:13:12] as mentioned, from the perspective of the head of the Shin Bet, [00:13:16] at least what he says in closed conversations, this [00:13:19] is at the top of the [00:13:20] Shin Bet's priorities. [00:13:25] significance of the internal Israeli tension reaching this [00:13:28] level at this time, i don't think [00:13:31] there is a tension, this is just media talks, because [00:13:35] Netanyahu still, I'm sure that Netanyahu will [00:13:38] win the the coming election, with this is with no [00:13:42] doubt from my opinion, because he has [00:13:46] the Israeli people, they are in the favor of continuing [00:13:50] the war in Gaza, invading Lebanon, [00:13:53] attacking Iran. and they are supporting the uh the war [00:13:57] choice and this is what Netanyahu represents, [00:14:01] he represents the choice of the Israeli people, so [00:14:05] they are there are after all the majority of [00:14:08] Israeli of populations are zionist people, they are [00:14:11] extreme rightests and they are thirsty for more and more [00:14:15] bloods and they don't give any kind of [00:14:18] attention to the to the face of Israel in [00:14:22] front of the world, because they are now... escaping [00:14:26] the you know the consequences of the [00:14:29] massacers done against the Palestinians and the Lebaneses [00:14:32] and they don't give any attention to any kind of let's [00:14:36] say control coming from United [00:14:39] Nations or maybe the just the [00:14:42] media trying to show a different exactly [00:14:45] but uh do we anticipate escalation in their [00:14:49] like tresian accusation and internal dispute [00:14:52] before coming since the election is coming? "no, I don't think [00:14:56] so, because this is what the Israeli society wants [00:14:59] and what Netanyahu is doing is doing in the favor of the [00:15:03] Israeli choice, so this is what after all, this is [00:15:07] what the people, the whole people of Israel, they we we don't [00:15:11] find any group in Israel so far stood [00:15:14] against this war, so they are all [00:15:18] in the favor of you, the war, so there [00:15:21] no let's say no part." no [00:15:25] groups and not even any kind of [00:15:29] organizations raised the voice over you [00:15:31] know let's say counter attacking or [00:15:35] counter you know ' saying [00:15:38] that's the the war is not the choice of the [00:15:42] Israelies, so the war of you know the [00:15:45] choice are is the Israeli [00:15:47] not only the government as we we [00:15:53] the Israeli people, so up on that level [00:15:57] so Netanyahu is representing the the [00:16:00] interest and the choice of the it's unlike how we [00:16:03] actually think so Netanyahu do have high chances in your opinion uh [00:16:07] I'm definitely sure that he is going to win with no [00:16:11] doubts because he has [00:16:14] he has when the war started he was [00:16:18] about 60 [00:16:21] 60% supports from his people now [00:16:24] this these points have you know raised up to 87% [00:16:28] last poll so which mean that his popularity is increasing not [00:16:32] decreasing so what why is he [00:16:35] going to to lose the the election? [00:17:07] Gaza, we'll talk about that, of course. The understanding in [00:17:11] the IDF is that Defense Minister Katz did not understand [00:17:14] and did not appreciate, without intelligence and with [00:17:18] a flawed concept, where this storm would lead him. [00:17:22] He did not appreciate the washing, especially the Judean washing, he [00:17:26] would take from the right, including right-wing commentators, including [00:17:29] sources from the Prime Minister, including heads of the Yesha Council [00:17:33] and figures from the right about what he did tonight live [00:17:37] to the Central Command. Now we are indeed seeing very [00:17:40] harsh exchanges today between the Defense Minister's circles [00:17:43] and the Chief of Staff, with the Chief of Staff's [00:17:47] entourage saying he took his time, he only reacted three [00:17:51] hours after this live dismissal. The Chief of Staff says in [00:17:54] closed conversations that he has no intention of resigning [00:17:58] from his position, even if there are such fantasies on [00:18:02] the part of the Defense Minister. Here is the conversation the [00:18:05] Chief of Staff is having today [00:18:08] with Central Command Commander Avi Bluth, he tells him in the [00:18:11] conversation, you have my full backing, you're not going anywhere, [00:18:14] you will be Central Command Commander in 2020 as well. [00:18:18] You are doing an excellent job in lowering the level of [00:18:22] terrorism in the territories, reducing Palestinian terrorism by [00:18:25] 80% in the face of matter how much Jewish terrorism [00:18:28] rises, he will remain in his position until 2027. And this [00:18:31] is essentially what Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir says in [00:18:34] closed conversations. We are in a sensitive period, the Iran [00:18:38] issue is open, the territories may be ablaze at any moment, [00:18:41] and therefore there is no place right now to move [00:18:45] officers. Now the Chief of Staff says until 2027, [00:18:49] you know what happens on October 27. The meaning is that [00:18:52] until the elections there will be no senior appointments that [00:18:56] Defense Minister Katz can try to troll or delay the IDF [00:18:59] with or harm the IDF. And Major General Dado Bar Kalifa [00:19:02] also says today in closed conversations, the head of the [00:19:06] Haka who is supposed to be the next Central Command [00:19:09] Commander, I am following Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir in the [00:19:12] command axis. Let's see what a senior IDF officer tells [00:19:16] us tonight, you don't dismiss a major general on television [00:19:20] on television to all the cheers of the crowd, this is [00:19:23] not a boxing ring, so it seems to me that this [00:19:27] is not at all certain that this thing [00:19:30] will help the Defense Minister with his desired [00:19:34] results, and it seems to me that he is making [00:19:37] a damage assessment tonight. how can we explain this dispute [00:19:41] between guts and zimir and how will it affect the occupation [00:19:44] army that's considered that it's in silencing the palestinian in the [00:19:48] occupied west bank? well what what is [00:19:52] he expecting them to do more [00:19:55] than that what they are doing because they are you know? [00:20:00] freely in the west bank, build building more [00:20:03] settlements, killing more Palestinians, burning more fields of [00:20:07] the you know Palestinians owned [00:20:10] land, and they are doing all the terrorist [00:20:14] attacks against the Palestinian people inside the the west [00:20:17] bank. K's still not happy with the actions of [00:20:21] the of his, chief of staff, so he [00:20:24] wants to do more of [00:20:28] eliminations. more of crimes against the [00:20:31] Palestinian people in the west bank and he is [00:20:35] not maybe [00:20:42] and even the the Israeli army was watching and all the crimes was... [00:20:50] happening in front of the Israeli army and with the [00:20:53] support for the settlers against the Palestinian and [00:20:56] still cuts is not [00:20:59] the Israeli army and that's why [00:21:03] created this kind of situation because the chief [00:21:06] of staff knows that killing in [00:21:09] front of the cameras and news are [00:21:12] spread spreading all over the world of the you know [00:21:16] crimes against the Palestinian by the [00:21:19] shelter. and the Israeli army, Israel is [00:21:22] losing more and more of its own, you know, pure [00:21:26] reputations, which is, gained over, you [00:21:30] know, the existence of the state of Israel, but do you think the [00:21:34] announcement of cuts was motivated by the electoral [00:21:38] consideration? no, I don't think so, because the the [00:21:41] the people in Gaza does, you know, don't [00:21:44] vote, and then the settlers are [00:21:48] doing are free, "they are being free to do whatever [00:21:52] they want to do with the support from the government and the Israeli [00:21:55] army, so nothing is stopping the the settlers [00:21:59] from you know doing what they whatever they want to [00:22:02] do in the in the west bank and even they they don't go, [00:22:06] they don't they don't even be questions for for the [00:22:09] crimes they are you know committing against the [00:22:13] civilians Palestinians and we all know that's the [00:22:16] killing of four brothers at one time in in. the west bank [00:22:20] that was huge crime in front of the media, [00:22:24] but despite that that's the the government still you know the [00:22:28] Israeli government was silent about that and didn't take any [00:22:31] actions against them and now to the Israeli social media commentary [00:22:35] which sharply criticized cuts over his dispute with [00:22:38] zemir alif kats made a [00:22:42] mistake and misspoke but what is worse is the rebellion of the [00:22:45] generals and the chief of staff against the security [00:22:48] minister? Oran melament, please [00:22:52] explain to me how Israel cuts passed the [00:22:55] officer's course and obtained the rank. In my [00:22:58] opinion, he is the most incompetent officer, [00:23:01] sclamer. Cats is fool and extremely stupid, he is a [00:23:05] premium product of the Netanyahu family. [00:23:09] Mr. Radwan, what's your comment on this criticism directed to [00:23:12] cuts? Well, Cuts has no military [00:23:16] background, this is first, this is the first that's that was... [00:23:20] is accused by being you know so because [00:23:24] the the defense minister of Israel usually comes from the [00:23:27] army, this is the first time that [00:23:31] Netanyahu appointed defense minister with no military [00:23:34] experience whatsoever, so he might take some [00:23:37] actions up on his you know his moods with [00:23:41] no with no the [00:23:45] competent or incompetent officers being appointed in a [00:23:49] very key. very important key positions in the [00:23:52] army, so that's why it might lead him to take wrong [00:23:56] wrong decisions against his own interest [00:23:59] for not having a strategic approach for it. thank you Mr. Radhawan for [00:24:02] joining us today, thank you everyone for watching and goodbye very much. [00:24:35] It was just after 10 o'clock in the evening, the Imam Hassan [00:24:39] community gathering in the city of Ray had began [00:24:42] empty, eight-year-old avin Amir Khashani, a little [00:24:45] girl with brown hair, dimples and bright eyes was walking hand in [00:24:49] hand with her mother. Without warning, the night sky turned [00:24:53] yellow, deafining explosion from the nearby oil refinery [00:24:56] shook the ground beneath them. Mom, mom, run, run! Avina [00:25:00] screamed, then came the dust, the smoke and the [00:25:04] silence. [00:25:07] The night before avine had written in her diary, dear leader, I want to [00:25:10] become a marcher like you. Less than 24 hours later [00:25:14] she died in her grandmother's arms. This is story [00:25:18] of Oven's brief life. told through the memories of her mother, Leila [00:25:22] Rasek, who was herself seriously wounded in the [00:25:25] attack. When the war began, Leila recals, I rushed to [00:25:28] collect Ovine from school. Two fighter jets flew overhead and she kept [00:25:32] asking what was happening. I told her, I think America has [00:25:36] attacked, but don't worry, you're safe. Nothing will happen to [00:25:39] you. As Laila reaches the night of the [00:25:43] explosion, her voice begans to shake. That evening after [00:25:46] breaking our fast, we went shopping for New Year's clothes. We... [00:25:50] Avine new pair of trousers. They were a little too long. I [00:25:54] plan to shorten them later, yet never happened. Her [00:25:58] husband dropped Laila Ovine and her younger brother at her mother's [00:26:01] house together. they walked to the nightly gathering. Ovine [00:26:05] happyly carried picture of the martered leader. On [00:26:09] their way home, everything changed, the refinery was struck. The [00:26:12] flash was blinding, people scattered in every direction. I kept [00:26:16] shouting, mom, run, mom, run. I can still hear her voice. When the [00:26:20] dust settled, I realized my hand had been hit by Sharpnow and my [00:26:24] left leg had been severed below the ankle. Her mother was holding [00:26:28] Ovine. She looked peaceful. There wasn't a [00:26:30] scratched on her face. We thought she had simply lost [00:26:33] consciousness. a stranger picked her up and ran towards [00:26:37] the hospital. kept screaming, "don't take ovin [00:26:40] away," but i couldn't move. i couldn't even hold my own [00:26:43] daughter one last time. for 10 days while [00:26:46] lailla lay in hospital, everyone told her alveen was intensive [00:26:50] care. only the day before the funeral did they tell her she [00:26:54] had died. despite the pain, laila smiles when she remembers her [00:26:57] daughter. she was like a bottle of perfume. whenever she entered her [00:27:01] room, she fell. it with warmth, everyone loved her. [00:27:04] today, perhaps no one feels Ovine's absence more deeply [00:27:08] than her six-year-old brother, Amid Ali, who was also injured that [00:27:13] sister, their mother says he lost his closest [00:27:16] friend. [00:27:23] Iran had warned, if war begins, this time it will not remain [00:27:27] within Iran's borders. Washington did not take Kiran's warning seriously, but [00:27:30] followed was a widening battlefield. Israel and US bases in [00:27:34] Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and [00:27:38] Kuwait came under attack. The war began in the skies, but soon reached the [00:27:42] veins of the economy. Then tran issued its next warning, if Iran's [00:27:45] infrastructure is targeted, your infrastructure will be targeted as [00:27:49] well, and the world quickly understood that even silence and neutrality in this war could [00:27:53] carry heavy price, but Iran's next warning is [00:27:56] even more consequential. The war could become extra [00:28:00] regional, no official. evidence says that all recent incidents [00:28:04] are connected, but this is where the central question begins: when [00:28:07] Iran speaks of an extra regional war, does it only mean [00:28:11] an expansion of geography, or does it refer to [00:28:14] a chain of energy routes, ports, military bases, markets [00:28:18] and the global economy? United States once ignored Iran's warning [00:28:22] about the regionalization of war and it is still dealing with the [00:28:25] costs. now the question is if Washington [00:28:28] ignores the warning of an extra regional war this time as well, but able [00:28:32] to pay the price? [00:28:47] the bombs may have passed, but don't mistake that for [00:28:51] peace. this week on the meast stream we uncover the dangerous [00:28:54] illusion behind Washington's diplomacy as Donald Trump [00:28:58] talks negotiations with Iran while reportedly preparing for even [00:29:01] bigger. military strike, is the Omani [00:29:05] Mediation buying peace or merely buying time before the [00:29:08] next explosion, then we shift south, where Saudi Arabia's [00:29:12] return to war against Yemen has ignited new [00:29:15] front with the devastating consequences from the burning [00:29:18] Aramko complex in Jizan to mounting threats against one of the [00:29:22] world's most vital shipping lanes. We'll [00:29:26] examine how one reckless decision could turn an [00:29:29] already fragile global economy into a full. pale [00:29:33] maritime crisis, the road to wider war [00:29:36] this week on the midd stream. [00:30:10] Yemeni armed forces say they have conducted major military operation against [00:30:14] Saudi-backed mercenaries in Yemen who were planning to attack the capital [00:30:17] Sanaa. Iran dismantles a network spying for [00:30:21] Mossad in Kerman and a terrorist cell planning attacks in [00:30:25] Sistan and Baluchestan [00:30:27] province. [00:30:30] And also coming up there. Troops raid to Golandia refugee camp [00:30:34] in the West Bank for the second day, they have also injured [00:30:37] at least eight people in southern Lebanon.