{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69b065f4a54b09a74a524aa6/69b06608a54b09a74a5270f7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Did Israel Push Trump Into War?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69b065f4a54b09a74a524aa6/c70fcfa7dbb595f13e73494ddffe735a.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>The U.S. decision to strike Iran was a victory for Israel, which had been pushing President Trump for months on the need to hit the country. Now, Israel’s role in spurring the operation has become a point of political tension.</p><p>The New York Times journalists Mark Mazzetti and Ronen Bergman discuss what we know about the extraordinarily close cooperation between Israel and the United States.</p><p>Guest:</p><ul><li><strong>Mark Mazzetti</strong>, an investigative reporter for The New York Times in Washington, D.C., focusing on national security.</li><li><strong>Ronen Bergman</strong>, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine in Tel Aviv.</li></ul><p>Background reading:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>How Mr. Trump decided to go to war.</li></ul><p>Photo: Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times</p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit&nbsp;<strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.&nbsp;</p><p>Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>","author_name":"The New York Times One"}