US-Iran Ceasefire: Netanyahu's War Aims Unmet

0:00I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to Europe News today, AI-powered European coverage. A U.S. Iran Sea Spire just dropped, but Israel's big war aims got left in the dust, say top analysts. Prime Minister Netanyahu wanted Iran's nuclear program crushed, ballistic missiles scrapped, and the regime toppled, or at least rocked hard. None of that fully happened. Uranium still enriched, missiles can fire, and Tehran's leadership holds steady. Just like Mairav Zanjain, from the International Crisis Group, call it a straight-up strategic fail. Sure, missile stocks took hits from over a month of U.S. and Israeli strikes, but the core threats remain. Yossi Mechelberg at Chatham House agrees regime change ain't real, even if some key players got taken out. Israeli opposition leaders are firing back hard, with Yair Lapid labeling it the worst political disaster in history. This worry Israel might end up worse off, especially with about 440 kg of 60% enriched

1:01uranium still in Iran. Netanyahu is already spinning it as a win, hyping the tight U.S. Israel teamwork. Now, a two-week truce kicks in after strike started, February 28th, leading to talks in Pakistan Friday. Iran wants control of the straight-of-war moves, less sanctions, and enrichment rights, miles from U.S. demands. Meanwhile, Israel says the deal skips Lebanon, where it's pounding Hezbollah with its biggest strikes yet. As elections loom by late October, Netanyahu bangs on a victory narrative to sell voters on a weaker Iran. Golf ties my shift, too. But Israelis get some breathing room while debating if the whole fight was worth it. Eyes they glue to those Islamabad talks for any real shift.