Trump blocks Netanyahu? Ex-Mossad insider on why Israel is out of the Iran war

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Sima Shine, former head of research and evaluation at Mossad and Iran expert at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, explains why she thinks Donald Trump has put a break on Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu participating in the latest round of fighting.

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CONTRIBUTORS:
Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant
Sima Shine, director of the Iran and the Shiite Axis Research Program at INSS @INSSIsrael

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