by the way, the resignation became public and you survey was published by the israel democracy institute, showing that 62 percent of his role is both a jewish, an arrow of respondents among them. believe it is time for those responsible for the sailors of october. the 7th, to leave their positions, leave his resignation, does not come as a surprise, i have to say since the beginning of the war, he took responsibility for the failure of his department, but was supposed to gather information on the enemy, in this case, the mass. but failed to prevent all predicted here as well to leave. i said back in october, you know, all my visits to military intelligence director, it units. and the last 11 days i sat down and stressed that the beginning of the war was an intelligence failure. we failed in our most important mission, and as the head of the middle, siri, intelligence director, i bear full responsibility for the failure. however, was not the only official to say he bears personal responsibility for the deadly attacks by him. us in october, we heard that from the had of his real security a

let's speak to the director of the polling unit at the israel democracy institute — professor tamar hermannowen they're reflecting on a possible strike from a run at some point, and your latest polling, how concerned are israelis that the conflict could widen and bring in hezbollah? what widen and bring in hezbollah? what we found in our— widen and bring in hezbollah? what we found in our latest _ widen and bring in hezbollah? twist we found in our latest polls is widen and bring in hezbollah? the“isgt we found in our latest polls is like it was said in a minute ago, that most israelis think that only a strike on lebanon will make the area safer for the people to come back to their homes. i think that in a way it is because we don't hear anything about negotiations on the issue of the north front. so it is like the other option of securing the people by some kind of an agreement is not in the air here. so in order to make people perhaps less supportive of a strike, may be a different process of informing the israeli public would help to lessen the chance of a full—fledged war in the north t

under the same day there was a nation, became public, a new survey was published by the israel democracy institute, showing that 62 percent of his rail is jewish, an arrow of respondents and monday. i believe it is time for those responsible for the sailors of october, the 7th, to leave the positions i live as resignation doesn't come. as a surprise, i have to say, since the beginning of the war, he took responsibility for the failure of his department. but it was supposed to gather information on the enemy, in this case, him as but fails to prevent or predict the attack. here's what he had to say back in october. in all my visits to military intelligence directory units. and the last 10 days i sat down in the stress of the beginning of the war was an intelligence failure. we failed in our most important mission and is the head of the military intelligence director. it. i bare full responsibility for the failure. hello, but it was not the only official to say he bears personal responsibility for the deadly attacks by him. us i know sober. we heard that from the head of his real security agents iss

israel's war with its regional adversaries. to spend on ben tyler blue is a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies research institute in washington dc. he focuses on iranian political and security issues. been, i'm good to have you with us. iran has promised what it costs, severe revenge. what exactly could that mean? while it's great to be with you, we've seen the clerical regime in iran promise something similar before. for example, in response to real or perceived threats from israel in 2022 and again in 2024. the regime ended up striking publicly from its own territory. the targets in iraq that ended up being the homes of the kurdish business and kit is killing innocent civilians alleging that those targets where most of bases in the past is monica public has been increasingly interested in willing and able to publish the launch missile operations. the more capable they have become, but thus far in history it has never directly targeted is really territory publicly from its own territory using these weapons. and so what is the risk of us seeing a full, our regional war? now, there is certainly the risk, but look

israel's war with its enemies in the region then on been tele. blue is a fellow, a senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies, a research institute in washington, d. c. thanks so much for joining us. he focuses on iranian political and security issues of them. are we seeing a major regional escalation here? if a ron decides to strike, this would be a serious, serious escalation. a hi greetings, melissa. good to be with you. it depends a great deal on how when and where are these monica republic choose to respond or indeed, if they choose to escalate against these really strike that killed several senior goods force. i already see extraterritorial operations, a military persons in damascus last week. in essence, one of those individuals is really, you can say the connective tissue between the i, r g, c, any ron, the syrian regime in damascus and as well, and lebanon. there's also stories circulating as of yesterday by that that individual may have had a handed, the october 7 come on, a terrorist attack against israel. and none the less than the past when these monex public has responded to perceived or real is really threats. it's

israel's war with its regional adversaries. earlier i spoke to iran security expert, ben, i'm ben tyler blue from the washington based research institute foundation for defense of democracies. i asked what these threats from iran could really mean. we've seen the clerical regime in the wrong promise something similar before. for example, in response to real or perceived threats from israel in 2022. and again in 2024, the regime ended up striking publicly from its own territory. the targets in iraq that ended up being the homes of curtis business and kit killing innocent civilians alleging that those targets for most our bases. in the past, these monica public has been increasingly interested in willing and able to publish the launch missile operations, the more capable they have become. but thus far as history has never directly targeted is really territory publicly from its own territory using these weapons. and so what is the risk of us seeing a full, our regional war now? or there's certainly the risk. but looking at iranian commentary, particularly within the past 48 hours, while there is talk of quote unquote, a slap against israel and lots of political and security a

security analyst at the washington based research institute, the foundation for the defense of democracies. i spoke to him earlier and asked whether this is israel's retaliation for the iranian attack at the weekend. yes, that's the latest and that it continues to be my assessment. i'm also keeping an eye on the ronnie and he did have an interesting spit of things saying that yes indeed, it running the air defenses have been activated. they also alleged that some smaller drones were shot down, but that there was no major damage if it's too soon to tell if this is an offer him or the beginning of a much larger operation or as your previous correspond to mention some kind of political quick pro, quote, to take the focus off iran and to go back to rafa potentially finish the job. these it'd be a mouse, lots of fast moving parts. but again, to reiterate in the high likelihood that this is real. and again, i am inclined to believe those us media sources that were based on those on named us government officials. this is indeed retaliation. uh for that. ready that garage of $300.00 plus ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones that a ron shot in t

school to impose an institution-wide boycott of an israel study abroad program. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracyow!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now!'s juan gonzÁlez in chicago. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers across the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show in haiti, where deadly violence continues between armed groups and police in port-au-prince. on tuesday, u.n. rights chief volker turk deplored what he called the unprecedented scale of rights abuses in haiti. >> there has been a shocking rise in killings and kidnappings, sexual violence, particularly targeting women and young girls and is pervasive and likely to have reached a level not seen before. as a number of people internally displaced rises, so, too, does the for the risk of sexual violence as people find themselves away in homes and their communities. the scale of human rights abuses is unprecedented. amy: the spiraling political turmoil in haiti appears to have no end in sight. recently resigned prime minister ar