The US and Iran have a deal to end the war, but Israel is not happy.
Israel's Prime Minister rejects Iran's demands for Israel to withdraw from Lebanese land.
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This is true, mysteries of every size each week, this American life, wherever you get your podcasts. The US and Iran will sign an agreement and negotiate and end to the war this Friday in Switzerland, what those negotiations will look like are still not clear. But what is known is that Israel, which began the war with the US, will not be a party at those talks. Israel's Prime Minister has been sideline to the agreement and could be a spoiler in negotiations
to end the war. For more, we go to NPR's Kary Khan in Tel Aviv. So, Kary, what's in the agreement that Israel does not like? It's not so much what is in the agreement, but what is not. We don't have a lot of the details yet, as you said. But first and foremost, for Israel, there is no stated plan to deal with Iran's nuclear capabilities.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that's why Israel started the war with Iran in the first place”
to prevent what he said was this imminent nuclear threat, right? But the agreement being signed is just a commitment to negotiate and that's concerning to Israel. Also unclear what will happen to Iran's proxies fighting with Israel has beloved Lebanon and Hamas and Gaza. And Israel rejects Iran's demands for Israel's withdrawal from all Lebanese territory, which Israel has significantly attacked and occupied during this war. And that's something
that Netanyahu says will not happen, and that could be a major sticking point in getting this pact even signed. And what is Netanyahu saying publicly about that and not being part of the negotiations to end the war? He is not happy and he's getting a lot of heat here at home for it. He held a press conference last night and immediately addressed the criticism that his goals were not met, especially Iran's nuclear question, which he calls his life's mission not to allow
Iran to get a nuclear weapon. He says that will remain his priority. He was asked, of course, about his relationship with Trump recently Trump has publicly called Netanyahu crazy, difficult and grateful Netanyahu clearly didn't want to address any ref. He just said, "Look, Trump doesn't do everything I say nor do I do everything Trump asks." We are partners and often we agree and sometimes we disagree that happens in the best of
“families was all he would say. All right, so what is Rayleigh saying about the deal?”
There seems to be widespread dissatisfaction with the deal from the streets to the political corridors. Here's Ori Benami. He's a communication and relationship coach that we talk to in Tel Aviv. He called the deal shameful as it leaves Israel out of the picture and has blessed the active in Lebanon and Hamas still in Gaza. I think it's the last for us. We did a lot of effort. We've been through a hell of a time here in Israel. It seems like not for a lot of
benefit. Political opponents and Netanyahu's allies are hammering him over it. Remember, elections are coming this fall. The far right, even those in Netanyahu's governing coalition are calling it dangerous. And just remember, a few months back Netanyahu saw a very different political landscape here for himself. He and the U.S. together would bring down Iran and he would sail to another electoral victory. Now, just months before voters go to the polls,
he has this very public rift with the U.S. President and he is left out of negotiating the war's end. That's MPR's carry con in Tel Aviv. Carry thanks. You're welcome.
It's President Trump's first full day at the G7 summit.
God's ad and the UAE are not part of that group, but their top officials will be meeting with Trump today. He stakeholders to the deal he just came to with Iran. But as much as the European
Members of the G7 want the war to end, they are just as focused on getting Ru...
negotiate and then to its war in Ukraine. MPR's White House correspondent Daniel Kurt slave
“in his here, so Daniel, what has the President done so far at the conference?”
Well yesterday he met with French President Emmanuel Macron, and this morning he and other G7 leaders met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. And while Iran has understandably gotten a lot of attention in the run up to the summit, leaders at the G7 have been eager to talk Ukraine. Just this week, Russia fired dozens of missiles at Ukraine, killing 11, and sparking a fire on one of Ukraine's religious landmarks. And that all just came hours after Trump spoke to Russian
President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky. And ahead of the G7 amid all that, EU Commission President Ursula Vodner Lyon said one goal would be to increase the pressure on Russia in order
to get Putin to negotiate. But of course, the topic of Iran will be central at this G7 meeting.
As well, like you said, Trump will meet with leaders from Qatar and the UAE, both of which had targets Iran attacked during this war. And then after all that, there's a bigger meeting between G7 leaders and Middle Eastern leaders. So what's the reaction been to the Iran deal there at the G7? Well Macron praised it and brief remarks yesterday calling the agreement
“important in that it deals with the nuclear issue. But of course, we don't know how that will”
shake out and further US Iran talks. It's also possible that the leaders of G7 countries, that's a group that includes Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, that they're going to praise Trump this week, even while they're pretty frustrated with them. I mean, this war did hurt their economies after all. And additionally, we did see Trump get upset when some European countries didn't help out with the war to his liking,
such as allowing the US to use their airspace. But zooming out as our colleague Frank Ordonias has reported, Trump's repeated antagonism toward European nations, whether it's regarding NATO or Greenland or tariffs, it's pushed those countries together, making them more willing to just kind of band together and push back against the US, like with Iran, for example. And Macron has been one of the louder European voices calling for those nations to be a little more independent
“from the US. All right. So what's left on President Trump's G7 agenda?”
Well, in addition to those meetings he still has planned, there are other big topics the White House
says it wants to talk about, like AI regulation, the Ebola outbreak in Africa, and critical minerals.
Beyond that, Trump has a private dinner with Macron before he leaves at the Palace of Versailles, no less, which seems like it'll be the kind of spectacle Trump really enjoys. But all together, he just seems to have come into the summit feeling like he has a better hand because of the Iran breakthrough. But there are still a lot of challenges to discuss. Not to mention, he's just not been on the best of terms with the handful of leaders here. As for news one more thing, there is the
possibility of more news from Trump at the end of this trip, because often at this type of summit, the President does take questions right before he leaves. All right. Some PR's Daniel Kurtzleben, thank you. Thank you. Another Tuesday brings another set of primary elections that tell us how American voters are feeling about the state of politics. Yeah, that includes a set of runoffs in Georgia, which got some major endorsements over the weekend. And PR political reporter Steven Fowler is
covering this from Atlanta. All right. So there are Georgia runoffs for the Republican nominations for Governor and U.S. Senate. So what do we need to know there? Let's start with a Senate. John Ossoff is on paper, the most vulnerable incumbent on the ballot for Democrats and whoever wins this Republican primary will set up a high profile big money matchup in November. So in the wee hours of the morning Sunday, after early voting already finished, President Trump made a lengthy
endorsement for his pick that try and be awesome. Congressman Mike Collins trump ding Collins is opponent former football coach Derek Dooley for not living in Georgia for not voting in 2016 and 2020 and for saying that Trump lost Georgia in 2020, which he did. Dooley has the financial and political support about going Governor Brian Kemp, who's arguing among other things is that Dooley is the more electable candidate in a purple state like Georgia in a year that will likely
be harder for Republicans at the ballot box. Now, Kemp also rejected Trump's falsehoods around the 2020 election. Do you have not had the best relationship since then was that a factor in the endorsement? Republican strategist and voters alike that I've talked with in the last little bit say that that certainly didn't help Dooley's chances and the Collins endorsement is not inherently a surprise if you're paying attention. Mike Collins has been one of the more prototypical
Trump era congressmen. He's very brash online and with this campaign messaging, especially when it comes to emphasizing Trump's policies around immigration. What was surprising is Governor Brian
Kemp's endorsement Sunday in the race to replace him of current Lieutenant Go...
who also has Trump's backing. Why was that surprising? Well, in that conversation about electability
“in a divided state like Georgia, Jones is the more hard right candidate and he's less appealing”
to middle of the road voters than this billionaire health care executive outsider Rick Jackson, who's also in the runoff for Jones was heavily involved and efforts to overturn the 2020 election
in Georgia and he's the leader of the state Senate where he helps shepherd through some of the more
controversial legislation in recent years in Georgia around everything from abortion restrictions
“to voting law changes. So, Kemp's argument that Trump's candidate isn't right for the Senate,”
but is right to be the next governor highlights this big divide in the Republican party that we're seeing right now. All right, there are other primary contests this midterm season and you've been keeping track of some of them. Well, what else were if I keep in tabs on? Well, in Oklahoma, there is a series of musical chairs that left seats open after former Senator Mark Wayne Mullin was appointed
“the Homeland Security Secretary. Mullin's current replacement isn't running for a full term,”
so you've got a house representative among others, seeking a promotion, then others looking to earn the non for that house seat. In Alabama, you've got some runoffs, including both parties, nominee for U.S. Senate and another case where President Trump has his pick facing somebody else in a runoff, then there's DC, where a highly consequential mayoral primary and the race to be the district's non-voting member of Congress are on the ballot, plus a a rollout of a new
ranked choice voting system for all U election nerds out there like me. That's MPR's nerdy, Stephen Fowler, Stephen Thanks. Thank you.
And that's a first for Tuesday, June 16th, the main Martinez. And I'm Layla Falded.
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