{"id":58550,"date":"2026-04-02T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=58550"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:10:11","slug":"the-kyle-anzalone-show-netanyahu-vs-trump-inside-israels-secret-battle-to-keep-the-iran-war-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/02\/the-kyle-anzalone-show-netanyahu-vs-trump-inside-israels-secret-battle-to-keep-the-iran-war-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kyle Anzalone Show: Netanyahu vs. Trump: Inside Israel\u2019s SECRET Battle to Keep the Iran War ALIVE?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The part that doesn\u2019t get said out loud often enough is this: you can be \u201caligned\u201d in a war and still be on a collision course. We dig into why U.S. goals in Iran and Israel\u2019s goals in Iran don\u2019t just differ, they actively clash and how that clash shows up in assassinations that erase diplomatic options and strikes that look designed to cripple Iran\u2019s long-term ability to function as a state.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Netanyahu vs. Trump: Inside Israel\u2019s SECRET Battle to Keep the Iran War ALIVE?!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RseRDZ7kB9M\" width=\"1076\" height=\"605\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We also zoom out to the stories getting buried while everyone watches missiles and maps. Using recent UN reporting and on-the-ground dynamics, we talk about accelerated West Bank settlement expansion, displacement, settler violence, and what happens to Gaza when aid is cut and the world\u2019s attention drifts. The bigger takeaway is uncomfortable: regional escalation can create cover for permanent facts on the ground in Palestine, even as leaders insist their focus is elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Then we bring it home to the U.S. economy and politics: the Strait of Hormuz, crude oil volatility, Strategic Petroleum Reserve releases, and the growing risk that oil trade shifts away from the dollar toward the yuan. We also walk through polling that shows Americans turning against the war and why even pro-Trump respondents say they want a fast exit. Finally, we react to Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s Senate Intelligence Committee testimony, the threat framing that lumps Iran with nuclear powers, and the pointed exchange over whether Iran posed an \u201cimminent\u201d nuclear threat.<\/p>\n<p>If you want clearer thinking on U.S. foreign policy, the Israel Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz, and the real incentives pushing escalation, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The part that doesn\u2019t get said out loud often enough is this: you can be \u201caligned\u201d in a war and still be on a collision course. 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